Virgin Atlantic Airways
Virgin Atlantic was founded by entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson in 1984, with innovation and amazing customer service at its core. In 2024, Virgin Atlantic was voted Britain’s only Global Five Star Airline by APEX for the eighth year...
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UK Air Passenger Duty Abolished for Children
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The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement revealed that Air Passenger Duty (APD) will be abolished for children under 12 from next May.
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Virgin Atlantic Plan New Boeing 787-9 Routes in Winter 2015
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The airline has updated its Winter 2015/16 schedule effective from October 25, 2015.
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American and Delta Grow Capacity Between Philadelphia and London
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The new services to Heathrow Airport will bring the number of daily rotations on this route to up to five and will end the monopoly currently held...
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The Birth of the 'Peanut Airline' - Aviation History Month
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It’s the final week for our Aviation History Month articles, and this week we are looking at airlines between 1980 and 2000.
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Throwback Thursday – Virgin Atlantic's Fight for UK Domestic Market
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At Routesonline we've decided to take a look back at the news breaking the same week in previous years and revisit it one or two years later to see...
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Virgin Atlantic Resumes Year-Round Leisure Link to Tobago
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The UK carrier served the small Caribbean island from London Gatwick in association with a triangle flight also serving Grenada, but the route was...
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Where Does the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Fly? November 2014 Network Update
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With an increasing number of airlines now operating the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, every month The HUB provides an update on the current...
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Virgin Atlantic Confirms Closure of Little Red Operation
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Virgin Atlantic will end the Little Red flights, operated on its behalf by Aer Lingus, during summer 2015. The London Heathrow – Manchester route...
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WORLD ROUTES: Virgin Atlantic Edges Closer to First Dreamliner Delivery
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The first European operator of the new Boeing 787-9, Virgin Atlantic will deploy its aircraft on routes from London Heathrow to Boston from October...
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Virgin Atlantic Cuts Network with a Revised US Focus
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UK carrier Virgin Atlantic Airways is to suspend flights to Cape Town, Mumbai, Tokyo and Vancouver as it instead looks to strengthen its...
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Airline Network Strategies – The Essential Information
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With five weeks to go until World Routes opens in Chicago, the Route Exchange Airline Briefings programme continues to grow, with 18...
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Air NZ and ANA Battle to be First to Fly the 787-9 Dreamliner
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Air New Zealand and All Nippon Airways will both introduce flights with the Boeing 787-9 early next month, with Etihad Airways, Scoot, United...
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Virgin Atlantic to Debut in Northern Ireland with Belfast - Orlando Link
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The airline will offer four return flights in June and July 2015 through its joint venture with transatlantic partner Delta Air Lines, operated on...
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Virgin Atlantic to Debut Dreamliner on Boston Route
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The first European operator of the new Boeing 787-9, Virgin Atlantic will deploy its aircraft on routes from London Heathrow to Boston from October...
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Where Does the A340-300 Fly? July 2014 Network Update
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Every month The HUB provides an update on the current schedules of three latest aircraft programmes, highlighting the...
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Virgin Atlantic to Launch Flights to Atlanta Following Delta Route Switch
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This latest announcement shows how the partnership between Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines, which launched on January 1, 2014, is increasing...
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Virgin Atlantic to Close Sydney Service from May 2014
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Virgin Atlantic Airways has announced it will close its daily link between Hong Kong and Sydney from May 5, 2014 ending its operations to...
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Delta and Virgin Atlantic Confirm Transatlantic Schedule
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Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways have outlined details of a new joint venture flight schedule beginning summer 2014, aligning their...
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Delta to End BA Monopoly on London - Seattle
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In anticipation of receiving antitrust immunity later this year for its joint venture with Virgin Atlantic Airways, US carrier Delta Air Lines...
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Virgin Atlantic Increases Manchester Capacity
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After its recent announcement on the deployment of a Boeing 747-400 for its full summer schedule of flights between Glasgow and Orlando in 2014,...