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Virgin Atlantic ditches Manchester-India flight plans

Air
Gary Noakes
14 December 2020

Virgin Atlantic has abandoned its proposed launch of Mumbai and Delhi flights from Manchester.

Virgin will concentrate on its India routes from Heathrow (Credit: iStock)

The carrier announced plans in October to launch services to the two cities, mirroring its Mumbai and Delhi routes from Heathrow. Manchester-Mumbai flights were due to operate three times a week from 19 December and Delhi twice a week from 5 January.

However, on its Flightstore trade site, the airline said: “We are continuously reviewing our flying programme and in response to the ongoing impact of Covid-19 we have made the difficult decision to withdraw our Manchester to Delhi and Mumbai services which were due to launch in January.