Virgin launches Mauritius flights
Virgin Atlantic Airways launches its first non-stop service between London Heathrow and Mauritius on Sunday (October 29).
The route will be operated by an Airbus A340-300 with 240 seats – 34 Upper Class, 35 Premium Economy and 171 Economy.
Services will operate twice a week on Fridays and Sundays from Heathrow and Saturdays and Mondays from Mauritius.
Flights from Heathrow will leave on Fridays at 20:00, arriving into Mauritius at 12:00 the following day, and Sunday departures leave at 18:50 arriving into Mauritius at 10:50 the following morning.
Return flights from Mauritius depart on Saturdays at 14:00 arriving into Heathrow the same day at 22:25 and flights on Mondays leave at 12:50, arriving into Heathrow at 21:15 the same day.
Virgin also launched flights to Kingston, Jamaica, this week.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
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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