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UK Air Passenger Duty Abolished for Children

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The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement revealed that Air Passenger Duty (APD) will be abolished for children under 12 from next May.

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Virgin Atlantic Plan New Boeing 787-9 Routes in Winter 2015

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The airline has updated its Winter 2015/16 schedule effective from October 25, 2015.

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American and Delta Grow Capacity Between Philadelphia and London

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The new services to Heathrow Airport will bring the number of daily rotations on this route to up to five and will end the monopoly currently held...

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The Birth of the 'Peanut Airline' - Aviation History Month

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It’s the final week for our Aviation History Month articles, and this week we are looking at airlines between 1980 and 2000.

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Throwback Thursday – Virgin Atlantic's Fight for UK Domestic Market

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At Routesonline we've decided to take a look back at the news breaking the same week in previous years and revisit it one or two years later to see...

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Virgin Atlantic Resumes Year-Round Leisure Link to Tobago

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The UK carrier served the small Caribbean island from London Gatwick in association with a triangle flight also serving Grenada, but the route was...

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Where Does the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Fly? November 2014 Network Update

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With an increasing number of airlines now operating the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, every month  The HUB  provides an update on the current...

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Virgin Atlantic Confirms Closure of Little Red Operation

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Virgin Atlantic will end the Little Red flights, operated on its behalf by Aer Lingus, during summer 2015. The London Heathrow – Manchester route...

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WORLD ROUTES: Virgin Atlantic Edges Closer to First Dreamliner Delivery

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The first European operator of the new Boeing 787-9, Virgin Atlantic will deploy its aircraft on routes from London Heathrow to Boston from October...

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Virgin Atlantic Cuts Network with a Revised US Focus

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UK carrier Virgin Atlantic Airways is to suspend flights to Cape Town, Mumbai, Tokyo and Vancouver as it instead looks to strengthen its...

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