Golden Girl Take-Off...
It has been over 2 years since Virgin Atlantic took over daily operation between Atlanta and Manchester, having taken over from Delta since 29th March 2015... The transfer saw Boeing 767-300ER's replaced by Airbus A330's, marking their reappearance since September 2013 when 2 dedicated Airbus A330-300's were configured without Upper Class on flights between Manchester and Orlando-International.
Whilst Virgin Atlantic has been operating daily flights between Manchester and Atlanta for 2 years... April 2017 saw the return of Delta for 3 days a week (operated by Boeing 777-200LR's) whilst Virgin Atlantic continue to operate for 4 days a week. VS109/110 has since reverted back to daily flights.
What is becoming impressive is that Virgin Atlantic's route network is expanding from Manchester... The Orlando (and seasonal Las Vegas) flights continue to be maintained by Boeing 747-400's and Barbados which uses a mixture of Airbus A330-300's and Boeing 747-400's depending on demand, however excluding Atlanta which has been a long-time Airbus A330-300 operation, more destinations have been added.
On 28th/29th March 2017, Virgin Atlantic began flights from Manchester to San Francisco (thrice weekly) and Boston (twice weekly) respectively utilising Airbus A330-300's, both flights operating throughout the summer only. Virgin Atlantic have also replaced Delta's daily flights between Manchester and New York-JFK since 25th May 2017 which replaces Boeing 757-200's (and utilises Airbus A330-300's instead). Whilst it will operate daily during the summer, it will operate initially 4 times a week from 29th October 2017 and thrice weekly during the winter from 14th January 2018 until 22nd March 2018 when it should revert back to daily operation.
Virgin Atlantic have also made the decision during the W17 schedule to reduce weekly operation between Atlanta and Manchester, operating thrice weekly from 29th October 2017 until 22nd March 2018.
Currently, Virgin Atlantic operate 10 Airbus A330-300's. Virgin Atlantic are in the process of reconfiguring their Airbus A330-300's with a revised Upper Class seating layout of 31 seats (instead of the widely panned 33 seats) with 4 examples treated so far.
Victor Golf Bravo Romeo is one of 10 Airbus A330-300's in service with Virgin Atlantic, delivered new to the carrier initially on lease from AerCap (now CDB Aviation since November 2013) and she is powered by 2 Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-60 engines.
Airbus A330-343E G-VGBR 'Golden Girl' powers out of Runway 23R at Manchester (MAN) on VS109 to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta (ATL), Georgia.
Golden Girl Take-Off...
It has been over 2 years since Virgin Atlantic took over daily operation between Atlanta and Manchester, having taken over from Delta since 29th March 2015... The transfer saw Boeing 767-300ER's replaced by Airbus A330's, marking their reappearance since September 2013 when 2 dedicated Airbus A330-300's were configured without Upper Class on flights between Manchester and Orlando-International.
Whilst Virgin Atlantic has been operating daily flights between Manchester and Atlanta for 2 years... April 2017 saw the return of Delta for 3 days a week (operated by Boeing 777-200LR's) whilst Virgin Atlantic continue to operate for 4 days a week. VS109/110 has since reverted back to daily flights.
What is becoming impressive is that Virgin Atlantic's route network is expanding from Manchester... The Orlando (and seasonal Las Vegas) flights continue to be maintained by Boeing 747-400's and Barbados which uses a mixture of Airbus A330-300's and Boeing 747-400's depending on demand, however excluding Atlanta which has been a long-time Airbus A330-300 operation, more destinations have been added.
On 28th/29th March 2017, Virgin Atlantic began flights from Manchester to San Francisco (thrice weekly) and Boston (twice weekly) respectively utilising Airbus A330-300's, both flights operating throughout the summer only. Virgin Atlantic have also replaced Delta's daily flights between Manchester and New York-JFK since 25th May 2017 which replaces Boeing 757-200's (and utilises Airbus A330-300's instead). Whilst it will operate daily during the summer, it will operate initially 4 times a week from 29th October 2017 and thrice weekly during the winter from 14th January 2018 until 22nd March 2018 when it should revert back to daily operation.
Virgin Atlantic have also made the decision during the W17 schedule to reduce weekly operation between Atlanta and Manchester, operating thrice weekly from 29th October 2017 until 22nd March 2018.
Currently, Virgin Atlantic operate 10 Airbus A330-300's. Virgin Atlantic are in the process of reconfiguring their Airbus A330-300's with a revised Upper Class seating layout of 31 seats (instead of the widely panned 33 seats) with 4 examples treated so far.
Victor Golf Bravo Romeo is one of 10 Airbus A330-300's in service with Virgin Atlantic, delivered new to the carrier initially on lease from AerCap (now CDB Aviation since November 2013) and she is powered by 2 Rolls-Royce Trent 772B-60 engines.
Airbus A330-343E G-VGBR 'Golden Girl' powers out of Runway 23R at Manchester (MAN) on VS109 to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta (ATL), Georgia.