Virgin Atlantic witnesses’ growth of 350% since 2019
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Notably, India is airline’s third largest market, with five flights daily from Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
Virgin Atlantic celebrates 25 years of flying to India and its ongoing commitment to growth in the region. Since first launching flights between London Heathrow and Delhi in July 2000, India is now the airline’s third largest market, with five flights daily from Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Growth of 350% since 2019.
Virgin Atlantic CEO, Shai Weiss and Chief Commercial Officer, Juha Jarvinen marked the occasion, alongside local crew in front of India Gate
The airline services offer connectivity and a premium long-haul experience, the Airbus A350, with 40% of Indian customers choosing to connect via London Heathrow to destinations throughout North America, including the airline’s new service to Toronto, as well as Seattle, San Francisco and New York JFK.
Virgin Atlantic’s partnership with IndiGo, offers connections to 34 destinations across India including Varanasi, Amritsar, Srinagar, Goa and Lucknow. Since the launch of the partnership in September 2023, the airlines have connected more than 200,000 customers across codeshare services
The airline continues to invest in its onboard experience for Indian customers. According to the airline, each flight to India will have average three Indian crew on every flight speaking Hindi and local dialects – double that of 2024. UK based cabin crew have also undergone cultural training to better understand and meet the needs of our Indian customers.
Shivani Singh Deo, India Country Manager at Virgin Atlantic said, “We couldn’t be prouder of all Virgin Atlantic has achieved in our 25 years of flying to India, growing our offering from zero to one million seats and expanding from Delhi to Mumbai and Bengaluru. Our premium service offers a brilliantly different experience to the market, offering seamless connections to Canada, USA and beyond via London Heathrow, as well as throughout India by leveraging the power of our commercial cooperation with IndiGo. We look forward to welcoming many more customers over the next 25 years, surprising and delighting them with our onboard service with extra Indian touches, delivered by our amazing crew.”
Virgin Atlantic offers five flights a day to London Heathrow - one daily to Bengaluru, and twice daily to both Mumbai and Delhi.