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Virgin Atlantic finalising plans for new US route

Air
Will Payne
3 December 2021

Virgin Atlantic will launch a new route to the US in the coming weeks, targeted at both business and leisure customers.

The airline first started flying to Saint Lucia in 1999

Chief commercial officer Juha Jarvinen said the new destination will be in operation by summer 2022. 

He spoke to TTG during the airline’s second trip to Nassau as part of its new twice-weekly Heathrow-Bahamas service.

"There is something coming up, most likely forming next week, and we will be offering a new destination that we’ve never flown to before," he said. 

The move comes despite a reported 9% decrease in sales last weekend following the outbreak of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, with the biggest impact on the carrier’s South African and Israel bookings.