MANCHESTER- England-based Virgin Atlantic (VS) today (June 2, 2024) hosted a special launch ceremony with iconic Las Vegas showgirls as it inaugurated seasonal summer flight VS85 from Manchester (MAN) to Las Vegas (LAS).
The airline founded by Richard Branson announced the launch of the MAN-LAS flight by the end of March 2024.
Virgin Atlantic Las Vegas Flight
The airline announced on Social media about this new beginning and wrote,
“Today we ruffled some feathers as we launched our new seasonal summer service from Manchester Airport to Las Vegas.
Our 11th Airbus A350 – Wendy Darling (G-VNVR) set off in this morning’s sunshine connecting our home in the north to West Coast USA. This new route complements our other established non-stop routes to New York (JFK), Atlanta (ATL), Barbados (BGI), and Orlando (MCO) – creating further opportunities for our premium leisure travelers. As the only US West Coast flight from Manchester and the North West, it enhances connections for our customers to key US destinations, with our partners at Delta Air Lines (DL).”
Virgin Atlantic will codeshare this flight with its partners including Air France (AF), Delta (DL), and KLM (KL).
According to FlightRadar24, Virgin Atlantic will operate three weekly flights with Airbus A350-1000 aircraft type.
VS85 took off from MAN at 9:58 AM local time and will arrive at Vegas after flying over the Atlantic for approx. 10 hours at 12:25 PM local time.
At the time of publication, the flight is airborne has entered US airspace, and will touch down shortly at Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport.
Jonathan Keenan-O’Connor, the Head of Aviation at Manchester Airport in his LinkedIn post wrote,
Viva Las Vegas is back on the departure board at Manchester Airport!
This morning the sun came out to celebrate the re-commencement of direct Virgin Atlantic services to Las Vegas!
Sporting a brand new A350-1000, services are now available three times weekly and complement Virgins other network points from Manchester to New York, Atlanta, Barbados and Orlando!
With special thanks to the entire Virgin Atlantic team for their continued investment in Manchester and to Dominic Kennedy and Jennifer Byrne-Smith for joining the celebrations so early on a Sunday morning!
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