Virgin Atlantic to Begin Lagos-London Flight Operations in August
Virgin Atlantic on Monday announced it would begin flight operations from Lagos to London Heathrow on August 24, 2020.
In a statement released by the airline, it said the international flight will be operated on its new A350-1000 aircraft and will also provide connections to few US destinations.
In total, the airline promised to resume flight operations to 16 destinations across the world.
Juha Jarvinen, the Chief Commercial Officer, Virgin Atlantic, said “As countries around the world begin to relax travel restrictions, we look forward to welcoming our customers back onboard and flying them safely to many destinations across our network.
“From 20th July we will resume services to New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong; then from 1st August onwards, we will resume passenger flying to 17 additional destinations around the world including Lagos, Tel Aviv, Atlanta, Mumbai and Las Vegas.”
He added, “We are monitoring external conditions extremely closely, in particular the travel restrictions many countries have in place including the 14-day quarantine policy for travellers entering the UK.
“We know that as the COVID-19 crisis subsides, air travel will be a vital enabler of the UK’s economic recovery.
“Therefore, we are calling for UK Government to continually review its quarantine measures and instead look at a multi-layered approach of carefully targeted public health and screening measures, including air bridges, which will support a successful and safe restart of international air travel for passengers and businesses.”
Virgin Atlantic stated that it would commence operation from terminal 2 at Heathrow for the time being.