Virgin Atlantic announces new Airbus A350-1000 flight routes for June to December

Additional routes include daily flights from Heathrow to Atlanta and Delhi using both seat configurations. Flights to Lagos and Los Angeles will also see the introduction of the A350 later in the year. Notably, services between Heathrow and New York JFK will vary in frequency depending on the season.

From Manchester, notable destinations include Atlanta and Las Vegas with specific dates in June for Las Vegas flights. The airline also plans several flights per week to New York JFK and Orlando.

Virgin Atlantic previously used the A350 on other routes that are no longer active such as Barbados, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Miami, San Francisco, and Washington Dulles. Additionally, temporary routes included Boston, Islamabad, Las Vegas, Seattle, Shanghai Pudong (which is no longer served), Tampa and Manchester to Islamabad due to increased demand during COVID-19.

Overall operations indicate that approximately 29% of Virgin's Heathrow flights will be serviced by the A350-1000 during this period. The Boeing 787-9 remains dominant at Heathrow with a larger share at 39%. Meanwhile, nearly half of Virgin’s flights from Manchester will utilize the large Airbus twinjet along with exclusive operations in Scotland.