Delta and Virgin to strengthen UK – US network

Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic are to strengthen their UK – US networks by sharing flights, which will include the first London – Portland service. From the summer of 2017, the two airlines will optimise their joint network, which they say will offer customers more choice and flexibility. The changes for Delta will include […]

Virgin appoints Ellis as head of GSA territory management

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Ryan Ellis as head of GSA territory management – to lead and manage the airline’s 40 general sales agency partners in 25 countries. Based at the airline’s cargo headquarters close to Gatwick Airport, Ellis is responsible for all of Virgin’s GSA management across the network. He will also manage and drive key […]

Virgin targets US Midwest with daily Chicago service

Virgin Atlantic Cargo is to re-start daily flights on 27 April, 2016 to and from Chicago, as part of its strategy targeting the US Midwest. The carrier says it gives cargo customers doing business in the “buoyant” US Midwest market an even wider choice of services with the flight from Heathrow Airport to Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The airline […]

Virgin Atlantic Cargo appoints new US regional sales manager

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed John Giannitelli as regional sales manager in the US as it commences its biggest-ever transatlantic summer schedule. Based at New York’s John F Kennedy Airport in his new role, he joins from Aer Lingus, where he ran the airline’s sales and reservations operation for the US. Prior to Aer Lingus, he […]

The US continues to prove valuable

The USA is continuing to be Virgin Atlantic Cargo’s largest market, something it expects to continue as it increases services, according to senior vice president, John Lloyd. Lloyd tells Air Cargo Week: “2015 was a significant year of network change that saw us grow our destinations and total capacity to and from the US.” In […]