The Latest Breaking News from Virgin Atlantic

EasyJet to end mandatory masks for travellers

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic also announced an end to the mask requirement earlier this month

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2022

Tui, easyJet, BA and Virgin Atlantic travel rule update as restrictions scrapped

All remaining coronavirus travel measures including passenger locator forms will end on Friday

Liverpool Echo · Mar 16, 2022

TUI, Jet2, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways: Airlines stop Covid rule on flights

Companies and trade organisations in the air travel industry have welcomed the end of remaining Covid travel restrictions

Nottingham Post · Mar 16, 2022

Virgin Atlantic resumes full range of US routes and adds key new services

Airline will add frequencies and reintroduce services to key US gateways, from April, with transatlantic bookings increasing

Wales Online · Feb 24, 2022

Virgin Atlantic vies with British Airways to be greenest transatlantic carrier with low carbon fuel deal

Southwest Airlines and Singapore airlines have also made commitments to using sustainable fuels

Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2022

Top bosses at Iceland, Rolls-Royce and Microsoft join Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new Business Council

Other members include the chief executives of Matillion, Lloyds Banking Group and Virgin Atlantic

Birmingham Post · Feb 2, 2022

Virgin Atlantic bans cabin crew from socialising due to Covid fears

The new directive was introduced despite cabin crew and pilots working closely on international flights

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2022

'This could have been a huge security threat' - Readers 'alarmed' after rough sleeper sneaked into cargo hold at Manchester Airport 'to smoke a cig'

Police spoke with Rudzki, who told them he had climbed over three fences from the Radisson Blu Hotel and entered a plane through the luggage hold in order to smoke a cigarette.

Manchester Evening News · Jan 27, 2022

Homeless man snuck onto plane at UK airport 'to smoke a cigarette and drink a beer'

Martin Rudzki, 35, climbed over three fences in order to get onto the Virgin Atlantic plane - which he said he did because he thought it “looked cool”

Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2022

Tui, Ryanair, easyjet, BA, Virgin Atlantic and Jet2 issue update on travel restrictions

The UK Government was already due to review travel requirements for England next week

Liverpool Echo · Jan 24, 2022