Virgin Atlantic celebrates 10 years in India

During the ten years of direct operations to India, Virgin Atlantic has enabled the country to capitalise on its economic and tourist potential by flying over a million passengers to the destination.
Virgin Atlantic this July celebrates its 10th anniversary of flying between London and Delhi. The route was launched in 2000 and was the airlines twentieth destination, with flights initially operating twice weekly. This was extended in February 2005 to a daily service.
During the ten years of direct operations to India, Virgin Atlantic has enabled the country to capitalise on its economic and tourist potential by flying over a million passengers to the destination.
India now the world’s eleventh largest economy by nominal GDP and is one of the fastest growing economies in the World. Adding to this growth in the Indian economy, the airline decided to start the route after a period of substantial expansion which included the addition of new routes to Las Vegas and Cape Town and came at a time when Delhi was one of the biggest routes from London Heathrow.
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Categories: Foreign Jul 2010