Virgin Atlantic began flying to Mumbai at the end of October this year. The first flights have been met with typical Indian warmth and hospitality, with their 78,690 additional winter seats a welcome addition in the wake of the loss of Jet Airways. We take a look at Virgin’s new Mumbai flights, and how they launched the service.
While some airlines like to make a loud noise on their very first flight of a route, Virgin Atlantic like to do things a bit differently. The UK airline prefers to take a little time over its inauguration of routes, giving themselves a couple of weeks to make sure everything is running like a well-oiled machine before the spotlight is turned on.
This is why, although the flights to Mumbai began at the end of October, Virgin Atlantic is just celebrating its new route now. We say ‘new’, but actually Mumbai is a route restart, after Virgin cut its service there over four years ago.
The flights between London Heathrow and Mumbai are operated on a Boeing 787-9 aircraft, with a daily service linking the two cities. It’s the third new destination that Virgin announced this year, with Tel Aviv and Sao Paulo previously revealed. EVP of commercial at Virgin, Juha Jarvinen commented in a press release,
11/11/19 Joanna Bailey/Simple Flying
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While some airlines like to make a loud noise on their very first flight of a route, Virgin Atlantic like to do things a bit differently. The UK airline prefers to take a little time over its inauguration of routes, giving themselves a couple of weeks to make sure everything is running like a well-oiled machine before the spotlight is turned on.
This is why, although the flights to Mumbai began at the end of October, Virgin Atlantic is just celebrating its new route now. We say ‘new’, but actually Mumbai is a route restart, after Virgin cut its service there over four years ago.
The flights between London Heathrow and Mumbai are operated on a Boeing 787-9 aircraft, with a daily service linking the two cities. It’s the third new destination that Virgin announced this year, with Tel Aviv and Sao Paulo previously revealed. EVP of commercial at Virgin, Juha Jarvinen commented in a press release,
11/11/19 Joanna Bailey/Simple Flying
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