Virgin Atlantic has announced its flying programme for summer 2021 with services operating from London Heathrow, Manchester, Glasgow and Belfast.
As countries start to lift travel restrictions and demand for travel has surfaced, Virgin Atlantic will steadily increase passenger flying in the second half of the year, with further gradual recovery through 2021.
Virgin Atlantic will operate flights to 24 destinations from London Heathrow during summer 2021, including Barbados, Delhi, Havana, Las Vegas, New York JFK and Orlando. It will also increase the recently launched route to Tel Aviv to twice daily. The airline will continue to operate flights from Manchester Airport, flying to Atlanta, Orlando, New York JFK, Barbados and Los Angeles during summer 2021. Seasonal flights from Glasgow and Belfast to Orland will also be offered.
Juha Jarvinen, Chief Commercial Officer, Virgin Atlantic commented: ‘As the Covid-19 crisis stabilises and demand gradually returns, we are looking forward to welcoming our customers back and flying them safely to their favourite destinations. We have taken the opportunity to pause, reflect and reshape our 2021 flying programme looking at efficiencies in our fleet and connectivity across our network, to ensure it is fit for the future, flying to the destinations we know our customers love to fly.
‘We’re delighted that our popular Tel Aviv service, which launched in September 2019, will now increase to double daily, whilst regional flying from Manchester, Glasgow and Belfast will continue to play an important part in offering choice to customers and connecting UK travellers to Orlando, Barbados, New York and Los Angeles.’
The 2021 schedule will be operated using a modern fleet of wide-body, twin-engine aircraft comprising of A330-300s, 787-9s, A350-1000s, as well as A330-200s before they retire in early 2022 as planned, the airline said.
Virgin Atlantic’s flights for summer 2021 will begin on March 28, 2021, and will be on sale from May 16, 2020.
