Virgin Atlantic Airways has introduced the resumption of every day flights providers on the London (Heathrow)- Accra London Route.
The airline in a press release on September 2, 2024, famous that it’ll start providers from Might 1, 2025, on its Mixture of Airbus A330 and A339.
Causes for the re-launch
The assertion defined that the re-launch is in response to rising calls for by vacationers to go to pals and kin within the UK. The corporate can be hoping to leverage on competitors.
The Chief Business Officer of Virgin Atlantic Juha Jarvinen famous “The UK is dwelling to the third largest Ghanaian diaspora on the earth and we see large alternatives to attach pals, kin and companies with our new service, in addition to offering a lot wanted competitors and selection on the Accra to London route”.
The airline added that it’s hoping to make use of the re-launch to attach by way of London onto Virgin Atlantic’s US route community to locations together with New York, Boston, Washington DC, Miami and Los Angeles.
It added that “Accra is anticipated to be a powerful cargo route and Virgin Atlantic will supply 30 tonnes of capability on every flight, carrying items equivalent to contemporary produce between Ghana and key markets within the UK and US”.
Background
Virgin Atlantic in September 2013 introduced that it suspended its operations on the London- Accra -London Route after three years of service. Based on the airline, the transfer was influenced by that the “exceptionally excessive worth of gasoline in Ghana”.
Virgin Atlantic additionally blamed the scenario on wider financial atmosphere and the flexibility to function morning arrivals from Accra as a consequence of a shortage of slots at London.
Virgin Atlantic launched flights to Ghana in Might 2010 to compete with British Airways on the London Heathrow- Accra- London Route. It initially began with three flights per week and elevated it to 5 in March 2012.