Virgin Galactic Sells Out $750,000 Flights but Pushes Launch to February

Virgin Galactic's latest tranche of spaceflight expeditions booked out ahead of schedule and was oversubscribed at a $750,000 ticket price, the company said in its second-quarter business update — a sign that demand for private spaceflight remains strong at sharply higher price points.

The good news came with a delay: the first commercial spaceflight of the company's new Delta-class vehicles moves to February 2027 to complete final systems installations. The flight test phase is now slated to begin in October 2026, keeping the program's broader timeline intact.

For shareholders, the quarter reinforced the central tension in the story — robust pricing power and a growing backlog set against a launch schedule that keeps slipping to the right. Execution on the October flight tests is now the key milestone to watch.