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Virgin Atlantic to grow Manchester airport presence

Air
James Chapple
30 September 2019

Virgin Atlantic has set out its plans to further grow its presence at Manchester airport with the addition of another 30,000 seats for winter 2019/20.

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This winter, Virgin will fly its largest schedule from Manchester, with the headline addition of a third weekly Barbados service.


It will also deploy Boeing 747 aircraft on a greater number of services to New York JFK, increasing Manchester-JFK capacity 65% year-on-year.


Virgin is also planning to bring its Clubhouse experience to Manchester for the first time, as well as a refurbished Virgin Holidays v-room.


The additions to its flight schedule represent a 92% increase in Virgin flights from Manchester since 2014.


The airline has also promised “further new flights and destinations” are to follow “in the near future”.