Mumbai: When British billionaire Richard Branson flew to the edge of the room with Bandla Sirisha who was born in India and four other crew members on Sunday in the Unity 22 Virgin Galactic mission, in a unique way, it was also a space adventure for Milmaikars.
Branson visited the city in December 2019 and many Mumbaikars would remember it said that he would always bring the beautiful memories of this city and the people.
He came to explore the possibility of launching a hyperloop project between Mumbai and Pune.
However, for several reasons the project did not take off.
After meeting with the Chairman of Maharashtra Minister Uddav Thackrey, Branson Tweeted: “I am always inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit of Indians.” Branson also met with Entrepreneurs Anand Mahindra, during his visit to Mumbai.
Branson wrote on Instagram: “Great in India to celebrate a new route @ Virgin Galactic to Mumbai and join Anand Mahindra for ‘our business is an adventure event.
We also launched our latest flying icon named Aria after my great grandfather’s wife who is a virgin family India.
“Apart from the business and hyperloop project, Branson was also in Mumbai to be what he called the” third time lucky “.
This is related to the airline Virgin Atlantic Branson made the third entry to Mumbai through the Mumbai-London sector.
Virgin Atlantic starts a flight to Mumbai and then stops.
Then, it restored the service but was pulled again.
When Branson was in Mumbai in December 2019, it was his third attempt to restart Virgin operations.
Regarding his Indian connection, he said that his great grandmother was an Indian from Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu.
He tweeted: “Since 1793 we have four generations living in Cuddalore.
Every time I meet an Indian, I am proud to say that we might be related.
A few years ago, I traced the roots and was happy to find that I was actually an Indian part.
I am Happy to find out how some my ancestors were on the side of my father moved to India to look for luck and start their own business.
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