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Virgin Atlantic teamed up with Virgin Group’s not-for-profit foundation, Virgin Unite, to fly a special charter with essential medical supplies and equipment for the NHS from Shanghai to London.
The Boeing 787-9 aircraft departed Shanghai at 11:40 local time on 3 April landing at 16:50 the same day at London Heathrow.
Manned by seven pilots and four cabin crew, the aircraft carried over 350,000 items of essential PPE supplies and medical equipment ...
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Virgin Atlantic says it will put drastic measures in place to ensure its future including an 80% cut in scheduled flights by 26 March and parking three quarters of its fleet.
It will focus on core routes, depending on customer demand but its London Heathrow – Newark service will be permanently ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo says it will target the £20 billion of trade between the UK and India each when it flies between Delhi and Manchester for the first time in October. It will operate three A330-200 flights every Monday, Thursday and Saturday, following the start of daily Heathrow-Mumbai services on ...
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Virgin Atlantic to introduce a second daily service between Heathrow and Delhi in its summer programme for 2020 which, together with its new service to Mumbai launched in October, will give three daily flights to India.
The new schedule will see the introduction of a second daily Boeing 787 service to ...
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Virgin Atlantic’s first flight to Tel Aviv touched down at Ben Gurion International on 25 September. The new daily Airbus A330-300 flights offer 20 tonnes of cargo capacity to and from London Heathrow as well as connections with the US, Israel’s biggest trading partner.
Cargo capacity out of Israel is being ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo has become the first UK airline to announce a firm order for 14 Airbus A330-900neos, plus six options.
The new planes are 13% more fuel and carbon efficient than the A330-300 they replace and will deliver a 50 per cent reduction in airport noise.
The order, valued at $4.1billion, ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Bosco Dsouza as account manager, Melbourne. He joins the airline from Worldwide GSA for Qatar Airways Cargo. Virgin Atlantic achieved significant tonnage and volume growth in Australia in 2018.
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded a five-year handling contract to Sifax SAHCOL in Lagos to improve its customer service following a 19% rise in export volumes in the last year and higher inbound demand from the pharmaceutical and courier sectors. Import and export cargo will be handled in Sifax SAHCOL’s ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Sumith Rathor as regional sales manager – UK.
He joined the airline in 2013 as a customer service agent after 11 years with Uneek Freight Services in the UK, moving in 2014 to Virgin Atlantic Cargo as account manager - UK.
He succeeds Ray Wood, who has ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Suzy Wardle to the new role of head of digital and distribution. She will be responsible for delivering the airline’s digitisation programme which will allow customers to interact in new and innovative ways, She has held a number of digital roles at Virgin Atlantic over ...
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