Virgin Atlantic is set to axe its Heathrow-Austin route following an ongoing softening in corporate travel levels, especially in the tech sector.
Virgin Atlantic has rowed back on plans to resume one of its daily flights to Tel Aviv
It comes as part of a network restructuring, which will see the airline focus more on its leisure offering.
Virgin announced on Friday (27 October) that four-time weekly flights to the Texas state capital will cease early next year, with the last service operating on 7 January.
Chief commercial officer Juha Jarvinen said the decision had been made after corporate travel demand softened to 70% of 2019 levels.
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