Clerk of the House of Representatives
Legislative Resource Center
135 Cannon Building
Washington, DC 20515
http://lobbyingdisclosure.house.gov
Secretary of the Senate
Office of Public Records
232 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20510
http://www.senate.gov/lobby

LOBBYING REGISTRATION

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 4)

Check One: New Registrant New Client for Existing Registrant Amendment

1. Effective Date of Registration
10/01/2008
2. House Identification
 38044
Senate Identification
 304656

REGISTRANT Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual

3. Registrant Prefix
​Mr.
First
​MICHAEL
Last
​KORENS
Address
7122 OLD DOMINION DRIVE
Address2
City
MCLEAN
State
VA
Zip
22101
Country
USA

4. Principal place of business (if different than line 3)

City
State
Zip
Country
5. Contact name and telephone number International Number
Contact
​Mr. Michael Korens
Telephone
​7033563130
E-mail
​mkorens@mindspring.com
6. General description of registrant’s business or activities
​Public policy and government relations consultant for aviation-related entities

CLIENT A Lobbying Firm is required to file a separate registration for each client. Organizations employing in-house lobbyists should check the box labeled “Self” and proceed to line 10. Self

7. Client name
​Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.
Address
​The Office (SE2), Manor Royal
City
​Crawley
State
Zip
​RH10-9NU
Country
​GBR
8. Principal place of business (if different than line 7)
City
State
Zip
Country
9. General description of client’s business or activities
​International commercial airline.

LOBBYISTS

10. Name of each individual who has acted or is expected to act as a lobbyist for the client identified on line 7. If any person listed in this section has served as a “covered executive branch official” or “covered legislative branch official” within twenty years of first acting as a lobbyist for the client, state the executive and/or legislative position(s) in which the person served.

Name Covered Official Position (if applicable)
First
Last
Suffix
​Michael ​Korens

LOBBYING ISSUES

11. General lobbying issue areas (Select all applicable codes).

​AVI

12. Specific lobbying issues (current and anticipated)

Legislative and regulatory issues of interest to an international commercial airline; competition concerns raised by the pending DOT antitrust immunity application of American Airlines, British Airways and other carriers.


AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

13. Is there an entity other than the client that contributes more than $5,000 to the lobbying activities of the registrant in a quarterly period and either participates in and/or in whole or in major part supervises or controls the registrant’s lobbying activities?

No --> Go to line 14. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then proceed to line 14.

Internet Address:
Name Address Principal Place of Business
Street
City State/Province Zip Code Country
City
State
Country
City
State
Country
City
State
Country

FOREIGN ENTITIES

14. Is there any foreign entity

a) holds at least 20% equitable ownership in the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

b) directly or indirectly, in whole or in major part, plans, supervises, controls, directs, finances or subsidizes activities of the client or any organization identified on line 13; or

c) is an affiliate of the client or any organization identified on line 13 and has a direct interest in the outcome of the lobbying activity?

No --> Sign and date the registration. Yes --> Complete the rest of this section for each entity matching the criteria above, then sign the registration.

Address Ownership
Name Street Principal place of business Amount of contribution
City State/Province Country
(city and state or country) for lobbying activities

​3 Cours de Rive
City
​Geneva CH-1204
​Virgin Investments S.A.
​Geneva
​SUI
State
Country
​SUI
​25500.00
​51
%
​Airline House, 25 Airline Road
City
​Singapore 819829
​Singapore Airlines Limited
​Singapore
​SIN
State
Country
​SIN
​24500.00
​49
%

Signature
Digitally Signed By: Michael Korens, Principal
Date
10/20/2008