Virgin Atlantic drops flights to St Lucia
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Virgin Atlantic has scrapped flights to St Lucia for this winter, with services disappearing from the timetable on Friday.
Flights were due to begin in October.
This has always been a tricky route for Virgin Atlantic. In July 2019, we reported that the route was going to be dropped from June 2020 although the pandemic obviously put an end to it anyway.
It was a bit of a surprise when the route restarted in December 2021 as the pandemic started to wind down, although many countries were still under covid restrictions at that point.
The route now appears to be gone for good. Passengers are likely to be offered seats on the British Airways service.
You can find rebooking guidance on the Virgin Atlantic trade site here, although the current notification says ‘sit and wait – we’re still working it out’.
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