Virgin Atlantic in long haul leisure boost
Virgin Atlantic is expanding services from Manchester to Barbados and Orlando.
The airline is also adding more flights from Gatwick to Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Frequency to Barbados from Manchester will rise to two flights a week with Saturday flights between May 2 and November 7 next year adding to existing Sunday Airbus A340 departures.
There will also be extra seats available between Manchester and Orlando with
An additional Sunday departure between Manchester and Orlando will operate between April 26 and November 8, using a Boeing 747-400.
This will give ten flights a week to the Florida holiday destination.
After the successful launch of its twice-weekly services between Gatwick and Montego Bay, the airline will now be adding
A third weekly service on Fridays between Gatwick and Montego Bay will run in winter 2009. The flights will operate between November 13, 2009 and March 19, 2010.
A twice-weekly Heathrow-Mauritius service will resume for next winter on November 13, 2009, after stopping for the summer on April 25, 2009.
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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