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Delta Cargo, Virgin Atlantic Cargo to drive long-term growth with move to new...
Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo are to move into the new purpose-built dnata City East, London Heathrow’s most state-of-the-art cargo facility. The move supports the airlines’ growing cargo...
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Virgin Atlantic relaunches its “Golden Ticket”
Virgin Atlantic Airways has made this announcement: It’s bigger, it’s better, it’s golden-er. We’ve hidden 10 more Premium Golden Ticket fares in our ordinary flight search for the splendiferous price...
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Virgin Atlantic to launch new service between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv
Virgin Atlantic Airways has announced it will be launching flights between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv, Israel with the first flight taking place on September 25, 2019. Flying daily between London...
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Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Virgin Atlantic G-VEIL “Queen Of The...
MotoArt has made this announcement: Fifteen years ago, the Virgin Airlines Airbus A340-600 series plane, “G-VEIL” rolled out of a factory in Toulouse, France. As with other famed “Flying -MORE-Ladies”...
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Connect Airways completes its acquisition of Flybe
Connect Airways has acquired Stobart Air and its aircraft leasing division for £40 million and completed the purchase of Flybe for £2.8 million. Connect Airways is a British consortium, was formed in...
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Virgin Atlantic, Air France and KLM launch codeshare partnership
Virgin Atlantic, Air France and KLM have announced their first codeshare agreement – creating new transatlantic travel options to and from North America, and providing more opportunities to earn...
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Delta and its partners add more international routes from Boston
Delta Air Lines made this announcement: Delta Air Lines and its partners will offer up to 149 daily departures to more than 50 destinations from Boston-Logan in 2019, an increase of nearly 30 daily...
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Say hello to the new faces of Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Atlantic has made this announcement on their blog: By Dave Gunner We’re saying farewell to our Flying Lady and welcoming five new “Flying Icons” to adorn our brand new Airbus A350-1000 fleet....
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Delta, Virgin Atlantic to serve London-Gatwick from Boston and New York-JFK...
Delta Air Lines has made this announcement: Trans-Atlantic partners Delta and Virgin Atlantic offer up to 18 flights daily to the U.K. from Boston and New York Delta also to deploy fully modernized...
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Virgin Atlantic’s new Airbus A350-1000 including “The Loft”
By Dave Gunner. Virgin Atlantic has given us a peak preview of its new Airbus A350-1000 on its blog: Ahead of the delivery of our first A350 aircraft, we’ve been showcasing our gorgeous new cabin...
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Virgin Atlantic to retire its last Boeing 747-400 in 2021
While Virgin Atlantic Airways unveiled its new cabins for the new Airbus A350-1000s, it also confirmed the delivery schedule for its remaining eight 455-seat Boeing 747-400s. Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai...
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Reuters: Virgin Atlantic in, IAG out of race for Thomas Cook Airlines
From Reuters: The chief executive of British Airways owner IAG ruled out bidding for Thomas Cook’s airline unit on Friday, a day after rival Virgin Atlantic was reported to be interested in part of...
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Virgin Atlantic selects A330neo for its fleet renewal and expansion
Virgin Atlantic has selected 14 A330-900s to replace its A330ceos from 2021, with options to further expand its fleet of highly efficient wide-body aircraft. The firm order for eight aircraft and six...
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Virgin Atlantic showcases its first Airbus A350-1000 – the painting of G-VPOP
From the Virgin Atlantic blog: By Dave Gunner. G-VPOP, or Mamma Mia, had entered Hangar C33, 20 days ago with a patchwork of green, beige and white primers covering its primarily composite material...
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Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Virgin Atlantic G-VEIL “Queen Of The...
MotoArt has made this announcement: Fifteen years ago, the Virgin Airlines Airbus A340-600 series plane, “G-VEIL” rolled out of a factory in Toulouse, France. As with other famed “Flying -MORE-Ladies”...
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European Commission approves of the acquisition of Flybe by Connect Airways
The European Commission has issued this decision: The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of UK regional air carrier Flybe by Connect Airways, a...
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Virgin Atlantic announces its first Airbus A350-1000 route
Virgin Atlantic Airways has opened reservations for its first Airbus A350-1000 route. According to Airline Route, the carrier will introduce the new type on September 10, 2019 between London...
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Delta and Virgin Atlantic to boost summer flying between U.S. and U.K. in 2020
Delta Air Lines is boosting its transatlantic schedule between London-Heathrow and its coastal hubs in Boston and New York-JFK next summer, adding 15 percent capacity compared to 2019. Alongside joint...
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Virgin Atlantic promotes aviation careers for women through Barbie dolls
Virgin Atlantic made this announcement: Current statistics from the Women’s Engineering Society indicate that only 12% of the UK engineering workforce is female and similar statistics show that only...
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Virgin Atlantic places its first Airbus A350-1000 ‘Red Velvet’ into service
Virgin Atlantic placed its first Airbus A350-1000 (G-VLUX) into revenue service yesterday, September 10, between London (Heathrow) and New York (JFK). All photos by the airline.
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