BA and Virgin Atlantic put aside rivalry for return of leisure flights to US

First transatlantic flights since Covid travel ban in March 2020 will take off from Heathrow at same time

• See all our coronavirus coverage

The UK’s long-haul airlines will put the worst of the pandemic – as well as old rivalries – behind them on Monday morning, when British Airways and Virgin Atlantic take off simultaneously at Heathrow for the first transatlantic flights carrying leisure travellers to the US since Covid-19 closed borders in March 2020.

The bosses of Virgin and BA said it was a “pivotal moment” for the battered industry, with both airlines having registered enormous losses and shed thousands of staff during 20 months of restricted travel.

Continue reading...

from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3kbR22r
via IFTTT