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Back in April, I wrote about Delta cancelling its flights between Orlando International Airport (MCO) and adjusting flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). Virgin Atlantic dropped its flights between London Heathrow Airport (LHR) and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) down to 4x weekly while Delta increased to 7x. Now, Virgin Atlantic has made additional cuts to three of its routes to/from the United States as demand for transatlantic winter travel seems to be waning.
Virgin Atlantic will cut the frequency of its flights from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to/from the following cities in the United States:
- Orlando International Airport (MCO) (drops from 10x weekly to 7x weekly in December)
- San Francisco International Airport (SFO) (drops from 10x weekly to 7x weekly in November)
- Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) (one or two weekly flights will be cut between January and March)
Simple Flying posted the following statement from Virgin Atlantic:
Orlando and San Francisco will remain the same capacity as winter 2024 / 2025, with Orlando operating 10 flights per week during November, before reducing to seven flights a week for the rest of the winter season. San Francisco will also operate at seven flights per week for both the winter 2024 / 2025 and winter 2025 / 2026 seasons. Our flights to Washington will also remain at the same capacity with six flights scheduled per week.”
The British carrier is far from the only one making cuts. Canadian airlines have been chopping their schedules as demand to fly between Canada and the United States has declined quickly amidst the current political climate. We’ll definitely see further cuts if demand does not change.
Anthony’s Take: Virgin is finding other uses for its aircraft including flying to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ). The airline operates the second highest number of flights between the UK and US even with these cuts.
(Image Credits: Virgin Atlantic.)
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