{"id":289044,"date":"2022-07-18T13:27:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T13:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxurylaunches.com\/?p=289044"},"modified":"2022-07-18T13:09:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T13:09:22","slug":"andrew-garfield-will-star-as-billionaire-entrepreneur-richard-branson-in-the-fx-series-hot-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxurylaunches.com\/celebrities\/andrew-garfield-will-star-as-billionaire-entrepreneur-richard-branson-in-the-fx-series-hot-air.php","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Garfield will star as billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson in the FX series \u2018Hot Air\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cIn response, BA launched a \u2018dirty tricks’ campaign, with its staffers using passenger records and impersonating Virgin employees to try to gain inside information on the upstart competitor and persuade Virgin customers to switch to BA. Tipped off by a BA insider, Branson complained to the European Commission about BA\u2019s tactics. In response, BA created \u2018Operation Barbara\u2019 \u2014 planting fabricated negative media stories about Virgin Atlantic,\u201d she further added.<\/p>\n The limited series is based on the book, Dirty Tricks: British Airways’ Secret War Against Virgin Atlantic, written by Martyn Gregory, and will feature six episodes that will be written by Jon Croker. Do keep an eye out for its release date!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Andrew Garfield is making headlines and how! Days after landing his very first Emmy nomination for FX drama…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":289047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[5982],"yoast_head":"\n
\nAndrew Garfield is making headlines and how! Days after landing his very first Emmy nomination for FX drama Under the Banner of Heaven, the star is now set to act in the limited series Hot Air as billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson<\/a>. Yes, that\u2019s right!
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\nThe series will be produced by Universal International Studios and will follow Branson through the \u201cunbelievable rise\u201d of his company \u2013 Virgin Airways \u2013 parallel to British Airways\u2019 \u201ccampaign to bring it down,\u201d as stated by bosshunting.com.au.<\/p>\n
\nCommenting on it, Nellie Andreeva of Deadline said, \u201cRichard Branson launched Virgin Atlantic in 1984 with one leased airplane. By 1990, the company started to threaten British Airways\u2019 dominance in the UK market after getting landing slots at London Heathrow Airport.\u201d<\/p>\n