Strikes are a regular occurrence in Europe, as employees withhold their labour to fight for better pay and conditions.
21.12.2023 - 17:05 / travelandleisure.com / Virgin Atlantic / Juha Jarvinen / London
Virgin Atlantic will make it easier to fly between the United States and the United Kingdom next summer with added frequencies to both New York City and Boston.
The UK airline will add a seventh daily flight between London and New York for summer 2024, according to Virgin Atlantic. That will mark a record number of flights for the airline between the two major cities.
Virgin will also add a second daily flight to Boston from London.
These flights will be operated on the airline’s A350-1000 aircraft and A330-900neo aircraft, which features the carrier’s Retreat Suite complete with lie-flat seats and fully closing doors.
“With Boston and New York, JFK being key business and leisure travel routes, customers can rely on Virgin Atlantic to connect them to these popular destinations as we offer more opportunities to travel with our expanded offering,” Juha Jarvinen, the chief commercial officer of Virgin Atlantic, said in a statement, adding, “By [utilizing] our brand new A350 and A339 aircraft, our passengers can travel in style with Virgin Atlantic, as we commit to operating the routes that our customers love to fly.”
In addition to the new flights, Virgin Atlantic will increase service to Miami from 11 flights per week to twice daily and add a seasonal summer flight from Manchester to Las Vegas. In total, the airline will fly an average of 27 daily departures to the U.S. to cities like Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, and Washington D.C.
Virgin Atlantic, which was named one of Travel + Leisure readers’ favorite international airlines, joined the SkyTeam Alliance network earlier this year, aligning itself with Delta Air Lines. As part of that partnership, customers have access to the same perks and benefits when flying with each partner airline.
The carrier has also worked to better accommodate passengers with seeing eye dogs by training its cabin crew on how best to approach passengers with sight loss, how to help them navigate narrow spaces and stairs, and how to assist them to take a seat.
Strikes are a regular occurrence in Europe, as employees withhold their labour to fight for better pay and conditions.
Strikes are a regular occurrence in Europe, as employees withhold their labour to fight for better pay and conditions.
It just got easier to visit Greece from the United States. Norse Atlantic Airways, a low-cost airline based in Oslo, Norway, announced a new route between New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) and Athens International Airport in Greece on Wednesday. The flight will operate five times per week from May 30, 2024 through Oct. 26, 2024, the airline shared withTravel + Leisure. The new flight has a duration of 9 hours and 35 minutes. Currently, the airline operates service between New York and Athens with a stopover in London’s Gatwick airport for a total duration of 18 hours. “This launch underscores our commitment to meeting the evolving travel needs of our passengers," Norse Atlantic Airways’ CEO and Founder Bjorn Tore Larsen said in a statement shared with T+L. «We believe this route will not only cater to the demand for travel to Greece but will also create opportunities for cultural exchange and business collaborations between these two vibrant destinations,”
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