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Virgin Atlantic's summer schedule includes 25 destinations from London Heathrow, Manchester, and Edinburgh. Eighty-five percent of the carrier's services are to the US and India. A new Heathrow-Bengaluru route started in March, while Manchester-Las Vegas resumed in June. Virgin Atlantic celebrated its 40th anniversary in June 2024. The SkyTeam airline and transatlantic joint venture partner of Delta Air Lines has 44 aircraft: 17 Boeing 787-9s, 12 Airbus A350-1000s, 10 A330-300s, and five A330neos. Its fleet averages 7.2 years. Of all UK and foreign airlines, Virgin has the second-highest number of long-haul flights from the country.
Northern airlines, including Virgin Atlantic, will operate summer schedules until October 26 based on IATA slot seasons. Between now and then, it will serve 25 destinations from London Heathrow, Manchester, and Edinburgh. Nearly all routes are terminators; they don't stop en route or continue elsewhere. However, five exceptions, all in the Caribbean, are tagged with Barbados and Montego Bay.
When Virgin's summer network is combined, nearly three in four departures are to the US, unchanged from pre-pandemic levels in 2019. Combined with India, these two countries account for a significant majority—85%—of its flights.
