Rival airlines British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will celebrate the US reopening on Monday (8 November) with a first-ever dual take-off of flights from Heathrow to New York.
The airlines will take part in a “synchronised” departure of two aircraft on parallel runways at Heathrow at 8.30am to mark the first day that most UK nationals will be able to fly to the US since 16 March 2020.
Both BA and Virgin Atlantic have campaigned for the reopening of transatlantic travel to “ignite economic recovery and allow friends and families to reunite”.
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