UK airline Virgin Atlantic has introduced its resolution to completely halt flights on the London Heathrow-Tel Aviv route. The airline mentioned, “Clients affected by the cancellation of the route and who booked their flight instantly via Virgin Atlantic will obtain a notification by electronic mail. We apologize for the inconvenience and proceed to work to supply the best stage of service even throughout this transition interval.”
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The provider added that its codeshare partnership with El Al will proceed, thus enabling a steady connection between Tel Aviv and London Heathrow, with as much as 4 each day flights. The partnership will present clients with connection flights to locations within the UK and the US.
Virgin Atlantic suspended operations to Israel on October 11, 2023, shortly after the conflict broke out, and has since postponed its return a number of instances. The corporate even introduced that it might return in September 2024 with seven weekly flights (which have been deliberate to incorporate a cease in Larnaca en route), however following the escalation within the safety state of affairs, it backtracked this resolution.
The most recent postponement was in November 2024, when the corporate postponed its return to October 2025, claiming that the explanation for the continued postponement of operations was “challenges arising from the supply of spare elements for the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines, that are tailored to the Boeing 787-9 plane utilized by the corporate, which requires modifications to the flight schedule for 2025.”
Thus far, two UK airways have introduced the resumption of flights to Israel. British Airways, which restarted flights to and from Israel initially of April and low-cost provider easyJet, which is able to resume flights initially of June. Earlier than the conflict, Virgin Atlantic operated 14 weekly flights to Israel.
The primary Israeli CEO of a global airline
Since 2019, Virgin Atlantic’s CEO has been Shai Weiss, the first-ever Israeli to function CEO of a global airline. He beforehand served as industrial supervisor, CFO, and head of the airline’s funding fund. Virgin Atlantic current returned to profitability for the primary time since 2016, after then almost going bankrupt throughout the Covid pandemic.
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