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Virgin also said it would offer a new "economy light" ticketwhich excludes checked luggage.
It gave no information about ticket prices in the newcategories.
The airline is increasingly competing against low-costcarriers such as Norwegian Air Shuttle,
IAG, the owner of Virgin's old rival BritishAirways, is also in on the low-cost action, launching a low-costlong-haul unit called Level last year, while Lufthansahas been expanding its Eurowings brand, and
Virgin said a process to refit its cabins to offer the extralegroom was under way and formed part of a 300 million pound(
The new 34-inch legroom seat on Virgin, available from thisSpring, will give passengers an option in between economy andVirgin's more expensive premium economy seat.
Rival airlines British Airways and Norwegian also offereconomy seats with 31 inches of legroom. Both British Airwaysand Virgin offer legroom of 38 inches in their premium economy,while Norwegian's premium cabin has legroom of between 43 and 46inches.
Last year, Virgin Atlantic said Air France-KLMwould buy 31 percent of the airline from Richard Branson'sVirgin Group, making it the second largest Virgin Atlanticshareholder after
