Sunday saw the arrival of the first new UK based airline in a while. Taking over some of the slots that BA were forced to relinquish when they acquired bmi, Virgin Atlantic decided to start operating UK domestic flights from Heathrow to Manchester, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. There is no replacement yet for London Heathow to…
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Discounted Virgin Upper Class flights from UK to Vancouver and Orlando
Book Until 26 March 14 Day Advance Purchase, Maximum stay 42 days.
Quadruple Virgin Miles at select Scottish and London Hilton hotels from 31 March to 30 June
As part of Virgin’s launch of their UK domestic carrier, they are offering Quadruple FlyingClub miles to members staying at selected Hilton hotels from 31 March (the first day of the new flights) until 30 June. You must pre-register and choose Virgin for your stay. T&C’s Bonus Mileage: HHonors members…
Double Virgin Miles on intra-UK flights – Little Red
Double Miles until 30 June (from 31 March) – Details here This equates to 3,000 miles for a roundtrip which usually earn 1,500 miles for a roundtrip. If you’re not a Flying Club member you can earn 1,500 bonus points by enrolling and flying Little Red, Virgin’s brand name for their domestic flights.
Virgin publishes details of its domestic flights service
Virgin has finally published details of its domestic services, due to operate soon from Heathrow to Manchester, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Key highlights: Check-in will be Zone A Flights will leave from Gate 8 Onboard service is a little disappointing: Flights departing before 9am: Delicious bacon rolls. Hot tea, coffee and juice. Flights departing after 9am:…
Virgin UK domestic flights for sale – Manchester
It appears that Virgin have put tickets for sale on their web site for their first domestic flights – LHR to Manchester from 31 March 2013. The cheapest fare appears to be about £110 roundtrip. 2 flights per day in each direction. The BBC are reporting that the flights to Scotland (Edinburgh and Aberdeen) are…
Virgin to appeal decision to approve bmi sale to BA….too late?
BBC is reporting that Virgin are indicating that they propose to appeal the EU’s decison to approve the sale of bmi to BA. All seems very late to me, bearing in mind that the deal is supposed to be complete this Friday. I suspect it is more to do with trying to get the EU…
Virgin considering UK domestic flights – competing with their own trains?
The Daily Telegraph published a news story yesterday suggesting, in the aftermath of BA buying up bmi, that the slots BA are being forced to sell should be kept as a bundle. Virgin seems to have the idea that it could then operate UK domestic flights. The news story reports, for the first time I…
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