Climate change charity Possible has slammed UK airlines for the use of frequent flyer programmes (FFPs) in a new report. The paper, titled 'Pointless: The climate impact of frequent flyer status', criticises airlines for encouraging customers to fly more, contributing to the impact of carbon emis...

Image credit: Aric Chen/Unsplash 96% of Virgin Atlantic (VA) pilots have voted in favour of taking industrial action after “serious concerns” have been raised about fatigue and wellbeing. In an internal ballot by the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA), the company’s pilots union, a...

Since the first Covid vaccine shipments from Brussels Airport in November 2020, one billion Covid vaccines have passed through the airport. This important milestone was reached through the active collaboration of numerous partners, state-of-the-art facilities and years of expertise in the pharmac...

Virgin Group, Virgin Atlantic, and Virgin Unite – the Virgin Group's not-for-profit Foundation – are supporting UNICEF and the World Food Programme-led Global Common Supply Chain Services Provision by donating a special cargo flight from Hong Kong (HKG) to Johannesburg (JNB), delivering essenti...

Virgin Atlantic will increase its cargo-only flights by 35% to nearly 600 in June with the launch of new routes including Beijing and Brussels following the success of its May programme. June will see a total of 601 flights – 597 cargo-only services and 4 repatriation flights for the UK’s Fo...

Virgin Atlantic is set to deliver over 43 million items of personal protective equipment (PPE) in to the UK onboard special cargo-only flights which have been chartered by the Department of Health and Social Care and the NHS throughout May, June and July. The airline was the first British airlin...

Virgin Atlantic will operate over 90 cargo-only flights per week in May as it helps customers reopen vital trade lanes connecting the UK with prime freight markets in the US, Hong Kong and China, India, Israel and South Africa. The airline will also operate cargo-only flights through Dublin for ...

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 o...

Virgin Atlantic Cargo is already celebrating the benefits of the airline’s new Airbus A350-1000s with record loads being achieved since the first aircraft entered service. The airline has so far taken delivery of three A350-1000s as part of Virgin Atlantic’s $4.4 billion order for 12 A350s. ...

Virgin Atlantic’s new flying programme for summer 2020 will give cargo customers more capacity on prime routes to India, Africa and the United States. The new schedule will see the introduction of a second daily Boeing 787 service to Delhi Indira Gandhi Airport, commencing on 29 March, depart...

Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo have opened a state-of-the-art export facility at London Heathrow to future-proof the joint venture’s growth plans in the U.K. market. This is supported by new technologies that will enhance business continuity, as well as deliver significant improvements and...

Virgin Atlantic wants to challenge IAG’s dominance at London’s Heathrow Airport by providing cargo customers with more choice. Heathrow handles over 70% of UK air cargo, a figure that is projected to grow dramatically by 2040. “At this pivotal moment for the UK economy, it is vital tha...

Virgin Atlantic Cargo customers will get a further capacity boost from the airline’s latest aircraft order after it made a firm order at the Paris Air Show today for 14 Airbus A330-900neos with an additional six as options. The new aircraft are designed to be 13 per cent more fuel and carbon e...

Virgin Atlantic is relaunching belly flights between London Heathrow and Mumbai (India) after a four-year hiatus with the first service set to start on 27 October. The route will complement the airline’s long established route between London and Delhi.  The Mumbai flights will be operated ...

Bolloré Logistics UK has signed a new five-year contract with UK airline Virgin Atlantic which will cover the handling and movement of all international shipments to and from the UK. Effective from 1 May this year, the French logistics company said it is a "testament" to the long-term partnershi...