More Virgin Caribbean

The Caribbean has another new London service, helped by the buoyant demand from higher-end leisure travellers.

On 13 October, Virgin Atlantic will introduce Heathrow to St Vincent and the Grenadines – becoming the first European airline to serve the country.
 
Operating twice weekly, it routes via Barbados in both directions and uses 264-seat A330-300s; with 31 Upper Class, 48 Premium Economy, and 185 Economy.
 
The flight timings (all local) are particularly attractive, leaving Heathrow at 09:10, arriving Barbados at 14:20 local, with then just over one hour on the ground followed by a scheduled 50min flight to St Vincent – just 112 miles away, one of the shortest wide-body services in the world.  The return is at 18.15, Barbados outbound 20:55 arriving in the UK at 09:25 the following day. It’s likely to be very popular with Virgin crews with a two night minimum stopover at a Saint Vincent luxury hotel.

www.virginatlantic.com

Index/Home page
 

OUR READERS' FINEST WORDS (All times and dates are GMT)

All comments are filtered to exclude any excesses but the Editor does not have to agree with what is being said. 100 words maximum