Despite lockdown, Virgin Atlantic’s routes to India see robust growth, new flights on horizon (IANS Special)

By Rohit Vaid New Delhi, Nov 24 : Even as UK reels under a lockdown to curb Covid-19 pandemic, Virgin Atlantic, has prepared plans to commence new flights to India.
The airline has been buoyed by the healthy passenger traffic growth to India during this period.
Accordingly, it has planned to start Delhi-Manchester flights on Jan 6 and Mumbai-Manchester flights on Jan 5.
“The UK-India air bubble has been a welcome addition, and a way for us to reintroduce passenger flying from Mumbai and Delhi to London. However, there are still travel restrictions at play which mean that demand is down compared to last year,” Alex McEwan, Country Manager – India, Virgin Atlantic, told IANS.
“The flights are building momentum and we have received overwhelmingly positive feedback from passengers who have flown with us since we restarted our flights.” At present, India has entered into ‘Air Bubble’ agreements with several countries including the UK.