Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has announced new routes from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) and London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) starting this Winter season. Manchester Airport Manchester sees a new route to Delhi (DEL/VIDP) from 26th October 2020 and coincides with the airlines 20th year of flying to Delhi from the UK. The three-times-per-week service [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is bringing back its London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Cape Town (CPT/FACT service from 25th October 2020. The route was last served by the airline in 2015 and Juha Jarvinen, chief commercial officer at Virgin Atlantic commented: “We’re delighted to be flying to Cape Town again – we’re [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) like most airlines have suspended flights between the UK and mainland China because of the Coronavirus outbreak and it has now extended that suspension. The airline originally placed a suspension on the London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Shanghai Pudong (PVG/ZSPD) service until 16th February 2020 but this has [read more]
Virgin Atlantic has changed the name of Boeing 747-400 G-VLIP from “Hot Lips” top the “The Falcon” as the aircraft has been repainted in a special Star Wars livery. Not officially unveiled yet, the 747 was spotted by photographer Simon Austen coming out of the paint shop and the images [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has said it plans to launch a raft of new routes from London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) including 12 new domestic routes. The airlines Chief Executive Shai Weiss unveiled the proposals, which also include 37 new European routes and 35 new global routes, but said that the new [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) will keep its Airbus A340-600 aircraft flying a bit longer than its planned 26th October retirement date. The Airbus A340-600 will now continue to operate to flights to Delhi and New York until 8th December according to updated schedules listings. Some Virgin Atlantic were brought out of [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has unveiled its new “Flying Icon” nose art on its brand new Airbus A350-1000XWB G-VLUX ‘Red Velvet’. Virgin aircraft have always carried the companies famous Flying Lady which is based on the pin-up girls made famous in the 1930s and 1940s by Peruvian artist Alberto Vargas. The new [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has officially taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-1000XWB at the Airbus factory in Toulouse, France. The aircraft, G-VLUX “Red Velvet”, is the first of 12 Airbus A350XWB aircraft for the long-haul airline. Virgin’s Airbus A350-1000XWB is expected to begin a crew training programme with the airline [read more]
A Virgin Atlantic flight has been forced to make an emergency landing in Boston (BOS/KBOS) after a fire broke out in the cabin. Unconfirmed reports have said the fire is believed to have been caused by an overheating or faulty battery charger and was contained to one seat. Virgin Flight [read more]
Virgin Atlantic VS/VIR) has revealed its first Airbus A350-1000 has left the paint shop in its full Virgin Atlantic livery. The aircraft, the latest to join the Virgin Atlantic fleet, is due to take to the skies later this summer and will be used on the London Heathrow to New [read more]
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