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Feb 6, 2006
Virgin Atlantic
Airways will be introducing an additional daily JFK service, increasing its
flights between Heathrow and New York
from five to six a day. The new daily service will be the airline’s second
daylight flight from New York
and will operate starting July
1, 2006.
“I am delighted
that Virgin Atlantic is increasing its services to New York from five to six services a day. New York was Virgin
Atlantic’s first route and remains our biggest route and as this expansion
shows, the demand for travel to the destination continues to go from strength
to strength. This new service will see us carrying up to 200,000 extra
passengers to ‘the Big Apple’ each year,” says Steve Ridgway, chief executive
of Virgin Atlantic.
According to
Ridgway, upper class passengers flying to New York can enjoy lots of amenities,
including the airline’s award winning Upper Class Suite, four limo transfers
per return journey, drive thru check in at Heathrow, the brand new clubhouse at
Heathrow including Cowshed Spa and Bumble and bumble hair salon, inflight
beauty therapy and on board bar.
In conjunction
with the new JFK service, starting July 1, 2006 the VS009 will change from its current 1805
departure to a new Heathrow departure time of 1600. These changes will allow
Virgin Atlantic to bring the VS010 departure from JFK forward to 2125.
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