Virgin Atlantic relaunches London-Dubai service, booking opens soon

Virgin Atlantic relaunches London-Dubai service, booking opens soon

Virgin Atlantic is reinstating services between London Heathrow and Dubai. The four-times-a-week service will operate seasonally from October through to March. Customers can book flights from June 7, with prices starting at GBP505 for a return ticket. The route will commence on October 28, operating on the airline’s 787-9 aircraft. The airline expects the new route to be hit with leisure customers and aims to capture the increasing demand for winter getaways. The relaunch of the popular route will complement Virgin Atlantic’s two other newly announced ‘premium’ destinations – the Maldives and Turks and Caicos. Virgin Atlantic Holidays offers a portfolio of more than 30 properties throughout Dubai and the region. The new service will offer connections for travellers connecting from Dubai via London Heathrow to destinations throughout North America across both the Virgin Atlantic and Delta networks, including New York, Seattle, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The airline will also offer 20 tonnes of cargo capacity on each flight. This fast cargo service will offer new opportunities for companies looking to export and import goods such as fresh produce and high tech products between the Middle East and prime markets in the UK and US. Rikke Christensen,