Virgin Atlantic to connect Delhi-Manchester from October

NEW DELHI: As airlines from both India and the UK try to fill the void created after the grounding of Jet Airways, Virgin Atlantic has announced to connect Delhi with Manchester starting from October 2020.

This will be the first time, Virgin Atlantic will fly from India to Manchester alongwith its current double daily service from Delhi to Heathrow and daily service from Mumbai to Heathrow.

“2020 marks our 20th anniversary of flying to India and as the destination continues to grow in popularity for both business and leisure travel, we’re thrilled to announce for very first time a new service flying three times a week from Delhi to Manchester, our home in the north,” Juha Jarvinen, Chief Commercial Officer, Virgin Atlantic was quoted in the media statement.

The new service from Manchester to Delhi will begin from 26th October thrice a week – operating on Monday, Thursday and Saturday – and the service will be offered on an A330-200 aircraft.

The statement added that Manchester is the UK’s third largest airport and is an ideal gateway to the rest of the UK and Virgin Atlantic will offer seamless connectivity to destinations such as Edinburgh and Belfast with Flybe, soon to be rebranded Virgin Connect. Virgin Atlantic flights from Delhi to Manchester will have also have connections to New York and Orlando.