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MIAMI – Virgin Atlantic (VS) has commenced flights to Islamabad, Pakistan, marking the first time VS has flown into the country. The flight, which originated at London Heathrow Airport (LHR) arrived Friday morning at Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto International Airport (ISB).
Virgin Atlantic uses Boeing’s B787 Dreamliner for this sector. The flight leaves LHR at 12.30 p.m. (local time) Thursdays and arrives at ISB at 1.00 a.m. (local time) on Friday. Flights will also originate at Manchester and North America.
After arriving, the plane received the traditional water canon salute. Prime Minister’s Special Assistant for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfikar Bukhari and British High Commissioner Christian Turner met the plane on the tarmac.
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ISLAMABAD: Officials and staff of Virgin Atlantic pictured after the airline’s first flight from Manchester landed at the Islamabad International Airport on Friday. The official Twitter handle of the airline said they were thrilled for the maiden flight to Pakistan.
RAWALPINDI: A year after British Airways’ resumption of operations in Pakistan, another British airline, Virgin Atlantic, has launched its flights for Pakistan amid the coronavirus pandemic that has badly hit the aviation industry across the world, with Islamabad International Airport becoming its first destination of the new route on Friday.
From Manchester, Virgin Atlantic’s first flight (VS-362) arrived at 1.45am at Islamabad airport where an opening ceremony was held, according to airport sources. British High Commissioner Dr Christian Turner and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari, who attended the ceremony, received the passengers at the arrival lounge.
Officials and Virgin Atlantic flight crew pose in front of the airline s aircraft. Photo provided by author
The first flight of British airline Virgin Atlantic, which took off from Manchester, landed in Islamabad on Friday.
According to a press release by the British High Commission in Pakistan, another flight from the federal capital will take off for London s Heathrow airport on December 13 and a third will head from Lahore to London on December 14.
The airline will operate three routes from Pakistan to the United Kingdom: two from Islamabad to London and Manchester and one from Lahore to London.
According to the statement by the British High Commission, Pakistan is the airline s first new route since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.