As its fightback from close to collapse continues, Virgin Atlantic has introduced it’s going to launch flights to Pakistan in December.
Working three new routes – from London Heathrow to Lahore and Islamabad, in addition to from Manchester to Islamabad – the brand new companies will go on sale subsequent month.
All three are topic to relevant regulatory approvals.
Pakistan has the seventh largest diaspora on this planet and the brand new companies goal to reply to the big, fast-growing demand to go to mates and kin from prospects within the UK and the US.
The service additionally hopes to seize demand for enterprise journey to the area as international economies progressively get well from the influence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The companies will supply seamless, speedy connections and a constant long-haul onboard expertise for patrons travelling from locations all through North America, together with New York JFK, Los Angeles, Washington, Boston and San Francisco by way of London Heathrow onwards to Pakistan.
Connections from European locations can even be accessible by means of codeshare and interline companions.
In addition to flying prospects, Virgin Atlantic will supply a quick, environment friendly cargo service presenting new alternatives for corporations trying to export and import items reminiscent of recent produce and textiles between prime markets within the UK and US, and Pakistan.
Juha Jarvinen, chief industrial officer at Virgin Atlantic, commented: “With journey restrictions remaining in place for a lot of locations all over the world, we’re regularly evaluating our community, buyer demand and the place there are alternatives to launch new companies.”
Virgin Atlantic restarted passenger flying on July 20th after a three-month hiatus because of the Covid-19 pandemic and is at present working flights to New York JFK, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Barbados and Miami with additional routes being added all through September and October.
Alison Blackburne, performing head of the British Excessive Fee in Pakistan, stated: “Virgin Atlantic planning to begin flights to Pakistan is nice information for the a whole bunch of 1000’s of people that often journey between our two nations, in addition to a lift to UK-Pakistan commerce hyperlinks.
“We stay up for welcoming Virgin Atlantic to this improbable nation.”
