List of Virgin Atlantic destinations

The following is a list of current and former destinations served by Virgin Atlantic and its subsidiary Virgin Atlantic International as of June 2023.[1][2]

Passenger

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Country/Region Town Airport Notes Refs
Antigua and Barbuda St. John's V. C. Bird International Airport [3]
Australia Sydney Sydney Airport Terminated [4]
Bahamas Nassau Lynden Pindling International Airport Ends 20 February 2025 [5]
Barbados Bridgetown Grantley Adams International Airport [6]
Canada Toronto Toronto Pearson International Airport Resumes 30 March 2025 [7][8]
Vancouver Vancouver International Airport Terminated [9][10]
China Shanghai Shanghai Pudong International Airport Terminated [11]
Cuba Havana José Martí International Airport Terminated [3][12]
Varadero Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport Terminated [13]
Ghana Accra Kotoka International Airport Resumes 1 May 2025 [14][15]
Greece Athens Athens International Airport Terminated
Grenada St. George's Maurice Bishop International Airport [3]
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport Terminated [16]
Kai Tak Airport Airport Closed [17]
India Bengaluru Kempegowda International Airport [18]
Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport [3]
Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport [19]
Ireland Dublin Dublin Airport Terminated
Israel Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport [20][21][22][23][24]
Jamaica Kingston Norman Manley International Airport Terminated [25][26]
Montego Bay Sangster International Airport [3]
Japan Tokyo Narita International Airport Terminated [10]
Kenya Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Terminated [27]
Maldives Malé Velana International Airport Seasonal [28]
Mauritius Port Louis Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport Terminated [29]
Mexico Cancún Cancún International Airport Terminated [30]
Nigeria Lagos Murtala Muhammed International Airport [3]
Port Harcourt Port Harcourt International Airport Terminated [31]
Pakistan Islamabad Islamabad International Airport Terminated [32]
Lahore Allama Iqbal International Airport Terminated [33]
Saudi Arabia Riyadh King Khalid International Airport Begins 30 March 2025 [34]
South Africa Cape Town Cape Town International Airport Seasonal [10][35]
Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport [3]
St. Lucia Vieux Fort Hewanorra International Airport Seasonal [36][37]
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown Argyle International Airport [38][39]
Trinidad and Tobago Scarborough A. N. R. Robinson International Airport Terminated [3][40]
Turks and Caicos Islands Providenciales Providenciales International Airport Ends 15 February 2025 [41]
United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai International Airport Seasonal [42][43]
United Kingdom Belfast Belfast International Airport Terminated [44][45]
Edinburgh Edinburgh Airport Seasonal [46]
Glasgow Glasgow Airport Terminated
London Gatwick Airport Terminated
Heathrow Airport Hub [47][48]
Luton Airport Terminated
Manchester Manchester Airport Hub [6][49]
United States Atlanta Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport [3]
Austin Austin–Bergstrom International Airport Terminated [50]
Baltimore Baltimore Washington International Airport Terminated
Boston Logan International Airport [3]
Chicago O'Hare International Airport Terminated [51]
Detroit Detroit Metropolitan Airport Terminated [52][53]
Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport [3][54]
Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport [55]
Miami Miami International Airport [3]
New York City John F. Kennedy International Airport [55]
Newark Newark Liberty International Airport Terminated [56]
Orlando Orlando International Airport [55]
San Francisco San Francisco International Airport [3]
Seattle Seattle–Tacoma International Airport [57]
Tampa Tampa International Airport [58]
Washington, D.C. Dulles International Airport [3]

Cargo

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In addition to the previously listed destinations served with scheduled passenger service, Virgin Atlantic has also operated scheduled, cargo-only flights on its passenger aircraft to the following destinations as of August 2021:[59]

Country/Region City Airport Notes Refs
Belgium Brussels Brussels Airport European Cargo Hub [60]
China Beijing Beijing Capital International Airport Terminated [60]
Xiamen Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport Terminated [60]
Germany Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport [61]
Ireland Dublin Dublin Airport [60]
Italy Milan Milan Malpensa Airport [62]
Norway Harstad Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes Terminated [63]
Puerto Rico San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport [60]

References

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