Virgin Atlantic Cargo and cargo.one today announced a global partnership to bring the carrier’s popular capacity to the real-time digital booking platform. A salient part of the deal sees cargo.one returning a prized mascot, ‘borrowed’ by a mischievous cargo.one team during Air Cargo Europe...

Accelya, a leading global provider of technology solutions to the travel industry, has announced it is now powering Virgin Atlantic Cargo’s Voyager, its enterprise-wide cargo management platform. This new generation system, dubbed Voyager 7, relies on Accelya’s FLX Cargo Platform to accelerat...

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has helped deliver cricket equipment to underprivileged children in South Africa. Teaming up with Bat for a Chance (BFAC), the cricket charity that helps underprivileged children experience the joy of cricket, and The CATCH Trust in a new South African cricket partnersh...

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Leisure Kargo as its new general sales agent (GSA) in the Republic of Türkiye, effective 1 September. Although Leisure Kargo's main office is in Antalya, the business will soon create a second office there. The initial representation will include exports fr...

Airbase GSE have renewed their contract with Virgin Atlantic Cargo for MRO solutions and logistics services. "Our relationship with Virgin Atlantic has gone from strength to strength over the last 20 years and we’re thrilled to grow this further, as we take strides towards a greener cargo opera...

Virgin Atlantic Cargo is extending its cargo-only network to Evenes, operating flights betweenLondon Heathrow and Norway for the first time in its history. The first official flight will depart on Wednesday 3rd February, and the airline is set to offer twiceweekly flights on its Boeing 787-9 air...

Virgin Atlantic Cargo will commence flights between the UK and Pakistan this Monday, supporting growing trade volumes between exporters and importers in both countries. Flights are set to launch from London Heathrow to Lahore on 7th December, Manchester to Islamabad on 10th December, and London Hea...

Virgin Atlantic’s cargo operation has unveiled new capabilities in readiness to handle the logistical complexities of distributing Covid-19 vaccines on its global network. To ensure the safety and security of this valuable cargo, the airline has introduced a new Pharma Secure service for all u...

Virgin Atlantic Cargo will be launching flights between the UK and Pakistan in December 2020, supporting growing trade volumes between exporters and importers in both countries. Trade in goods and services between the UK and Pakistan is worth some £3.3 billion a year, rising 4.7% year-on-year i...

Virgin Atlantic Cargo is extending its cargo-only network to Italy, launching twice-weekly services connecting London Heathrow and Milan. Starting with the first flight on Saturday 12th September, the airline will subsequently commence Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 flights from London every Thursda...

Virgin Atlantic will relaunch scheduled cargo-only flights from London to Tel Aviv from May 6th, which will also offer same day connections over the UK to and from the US, Hong Kong, Shanghai and South Africa. The twice-weekly overnight services will depart from Heathrow at 20:30hrs every Wednes...

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has become the first British airline to resume scheduled services to China, operating three flights a week from Heathrow Airport to Shanghai. The cargo capacity on two of the three times weekly Boeing 787-9 flights from China will be used exclusively by the UK Department of...

Virgin Atlantic has delivered 3.5 million items of personal protective equipment (PPE) in to the UK aboard special cargo-only flights which have been chartered by the Department of Health and Social Care and the NHS. Today (Tuesday 21st April) the airline is operating another 26-hour round trip ...

Virgin Atlantic has teamed up with Virgin Group’s not-for-profit foundation, Virgin Unite, to fly a special charter flight from Shanghai to London, bringing in essential medical supplies and PPE equipment for the National Health Service (NHS). The Boeing 787-9 aircraft operated the VS251 from ...

The VS698 from London Heathrow for New York JFK on 22nd March created history for the airline as it departed with two pilots, one cabin crew member and a hold filled with 12490 kilograms of pharmaceutical and medical supplies. Although the emergence of Covid-19 has led to a decrease in passenger...