Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic add transatlantic capacity
Delta Air Lines along with UK based partner Virgin Atlantic have updated their summer 2018 schedules, further strengthening their transatlantic partnership.
From March 24, 2018 Delta will introduce the Airbus A330 aircraft on its New York-JFK, Atlanta and Detroit routes to London Heathrow.
The A330 aircraft is equipped with Wi-Fi and features 34 fully flat-bed seats in Delta One, increases the number of seats on these routes and enhances the in-flight experience
From March 25, Virgin Atlantic and Delta will offer up to eight daily flights on the JFK-Heathrow route comprising six operated by Virgin and two by Delta.
Meanwhile at UK airport Manchester, Virgin has announced its biggest ever season of flying.
Flights to both New York JFK and Atlanta have been upgraded and will now be operated by both the A330 and the Boeing 747, which has 455 seats and the largest aircraft in its fleet.
Virgin now flies to seven US and Caribbean destinations direct from Manchester, including new routes launched this year to San Francisco, Boston and New York.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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