Virgin Atlantic CEO: Customs Lines at New York Airports "Embarrassing"

Dennis Schaal

August 5th, 2013 at 5:20 PM EDT

Photo Credit: (From left) Glenn Johnson, president, Horizon Air; Craig Kreeger, CEO, Virgin Atlantic, and moderator Henry Harteveldt, Hudson Crossing. GBTA

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Kreeger and Anderson aren't officially joint venture partners yet, but their idea to pressure U.S. officials about embarassing Customs waits at New York airports doesn't appear to be a total coincidence.

As Virgin Atlantic is poised to implement its joint venture with Delta Air Lines, pending final approvals, Virgin CEO Craig Kreeger said the wait times at Customs that the airline's passengers face when they arrive at New York airports is "an embarassment" and "tremendously frustrating." Pointing to the ample resources that other

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