Virgin Airlines Increases Services to Ghana

Virgin Atlantic will increase flights to Ghana between December and January

In anticipation of increased traffic during the peak winter travel period, Virgin Airlines is moving to a four times per week service between London and Accra, Ghana. While this is a short-term move, Virgin has indicated that it hopes to make the increased flight schedule a permanent offering soon.

Since May of this year, Virgin has been offering thrice weekly flights between the two destinations. The fourth weekly flight is now set to begin 11 December 2010 and last through 9 January 2011.

The carrier said in a statement, "Ghana has been amongst the most successful of route launches for the airline and is already proving to be a highly popular destination", going on to add that it has seen very high load factors on the route, which have been exceeding expectations.

The fourth flight will leave from London Heathrow on Saturday evenings at 22:30, with a landing time in Accra of 5:20 the following morning. The return portion of the new offering will leave Accra at 9:00 on Sunday, December 12 and 10:30 on other dates, to land in London at 15:50 and 17:20 respectively.

The aircraft servicing the new route is an Airbus A340-300, featuring 171 economy seats, 35 premium economy, and 34 in upper class.

Virgin Atlantic flies from the United Kingdom to a wide-variety of destinations around the world including New York, Los Angeles,Tokyo, Johannesburg, and Dubai.

Posted by Sophie, 29 September 2010 10:30

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