Virgin Atlantic to relaunch Manchester to Las Vegas flights
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Virgin Atlantic has announced the return of the popular Manchester to Las Vegas route for Summer 2024.
This is the second new route announcement today, following the launch of London Heathrow to Dubai flights which we covered in this article.
The Las Vegas page of the Virgin Atlantic website is here.
Flights from Manchester to Las Vegas will return from 2nd June 2024.
It is described as a ‘seasonal’ service so it will not run year-round.
There will be three flights per week, departing on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
Lucky passengers will get to fly an Airbus A350-1000 (the poor Dubai passengers are stuck with a Boeing 787-9) which features the first generation of Virgin Atlantic’s ‘with a door’ Upper Class Suite.
The A350-1000 was designed for leisure routes and has a small Upper Class cabin of just 16 suites, with 56 Premium and 325 Economy seats. Instead of ‘The Loft’, Upper Class has ‘The Booth’, a space where two people can sit together for a snack or wine tasting session.
(You can read more about the A350-1000 and ‘The Booth’ in this article.)
The launch may coincide with the launch of the long-awaited Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse at Manchester Airport. This was delayed due to the pandemic, but the area it will occupy is currently sitting empty in the new Terminal 2 pier – it is just waiting for Virgin Atlantic to fit it out.
Seats will be bookable from 7th July 2023, although only the first flight will pop up then due to the 331 day booking window.
You can find out more on the Las Vegas page of the Virgin Atlantic website.
PS. In another announcement today, Virgin Atlantic announced that it will start inter-island flying in the Caribbean.
From 14th June 2023, you will be able to buy tickets between Barbados and Grenada and Barbados and St Vincent & The Grenadines. Virgin Atlantic was already flying these routes but had not been selling stand-alone tickets. There will be 2-3 flights per week, depending on season and route.
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