In this image illustration, British billionaire Richard Branson is seen on a piece of a Virgin Galactic Unity 22 Spaceflight Livestream Youtube video showed on a mobile phone with the Virgin Galactic logo design in the background.
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Virgin Galactic shares plunged more than 17% Monday, after British billionaire Richard Branson eliminated additional financial investment in the business.
In an interview with the Financial Times released Sunday, Branson stated that his stretching company empire no longer has “the deepest pockets” in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, including that Virgin Galactic needs to have “sufficient funds to do its job on its own.”
Virgin Galactic shares completed down 17.5%.
The business, established by Branson in 2004, last month revealed task cuts and the suspension of business flights for 18 months by mid-2024
The cost-cutting belongs to a strategy to conserve money to establish a bigger spacecraft, called Delta, that intends to take travelers past the edge of area. The group approximated that its existing financing would bring it through to 2026, when Delta is arranged to go into service.
Virgin Investments stays the second-largest investor in Virgin Galactic, according to LSEG information, with a 7.69% holding, behind the 8.43% of State Street Global Advisors.
