Virgin Atlantic touches down in Vancouver
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Virgin Atlantic launched its first flight betwe
en London Heathrow and Vancouver. To mark the occasion, Sir Richard Branson was joined on the steps of the aircraft by Amy Williams MBE, winter Olympic Gold medallist from Vancouver 2010.
The new service will operate four times a week on a Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Initially the service will run throughout the summer up until October 27th, 2012 and will see up to 40,000 Virgin Atlantic customers travelling between London and Vancouver in the first season. The new route, it is estimated will deliver around US$19.58 million of tourism revenue to the Vancouver market each year.
Sir Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic Airways said: “We are delighted to launch the new route in response to customer demand. Vancouver’s tourism is thriving and we believe that we can drive demand even higher by providing great competition..”
