Originally Posted by
VickersVicount
with Bangalore next on the cards, I was interested to think of some of the routes VS have done and then dropped?
Virgin Atlantic have dropped the following destinations from their network over the course of their history.
Aberdeen (Virgin Red)
Accra
Athens
Austin (ends 07 January 2024)
Belfast International
Cancun
Chicago
Detroit
Dubai (resumes 28 October 2023)
Dublin
Glasgow
Havana
Hong Kong
Islamabad (ends 11 July 2023)
Kingston
Lahore
London Gatwick
Luton
Maastricht
Mauritius
Moscow (fuel stop)
Nairobi
Newark
Port Harcourt (Virgin Nigeria)
Sydney
Tobago
Tokyo Narita
Toronto
Vancouver
Varadero
VS have often dropped routes and then restarted them. I wonder if one or two of the dropped destinations that I have listed above will ever return to the airlines route network.
Of note, I have re-edited the list to include the missing destinations of Chicago, Havana and Varadero.