Virgin Atlantic returns to Canada after a decade
Following a 23-year hiatus, Virgin Atlantic will resume operations to Toronto Pearson Airport. Flights will be carried out from/to London Heathrow beginning March 30th, 2025, for summer season.
Toronto will become the company’s only destination in Canada, returning to the North American country after just over a decade. The last service was in October 2014 between Heathrow and Vancouver, a route the airline had operated since mid-2012. The route had been operated with the much-missed Boeing 747-400, amongst others.
Virgin Atlantic will offer seven flights per week to Toronto from London with a mix of Airbus A330-300s and Airbus A330-900neo, the latter being the newest aircraft in its fleet. The A330-300 has 264 seats, while the A330neo has 262, both featuring the airline’s four products (Economy Light and Classic, Economy Delight, Premium and Upper Class).
According to its website, where services have been available for sale as of June 19th, 5 of the 7 weekly flights will be performed on Airbus A330-300, and the remaining 2 using Airbus A330-900neo, which means 1,844 seats offered a week on each leg.
Virgin Atlantic schedule between London Heathrow and Toronto
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Atlanta, Boston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Orlando, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa and Washington DC are Virgin’s North American destinations from London Heathrow. In addition, the airline operates from Manchester and Edinburgh to some U.S. cities.
Atlanta
Boston
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Miami
New York
Orlando
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San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Washington DC
Virgin Atlantic operates 15 Airbus A330s, including -300 CEO and -900 NEO variants.
As we recently published on X and in our most recent Europe report , the Airbus A330-941 with registration G-VSRB joined the fleet on June 13th, new from the factory. This is the first A330neo to join Virgin Atlantic in 2024, and there are still 11 more to be acquired from the first order of 16 Airbus A330-900neo
Toronto's European connections continue to grow
Toronto Pearson Airport (YYZ) continues to expand its operations to the European continent, one of its main international markets.
Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dublin, Faro, Frankfurt, Istanbul (IST), Lamezia, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Ponta Delgada, Porto, Reykjavik, Rome, Paris, Stockholm, Terceira, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw, Zagreb and Zurich are the cities in Europe with flights to/from Toronto.
In this market, Aer Lingus, Air Canada, Air France, Air Transat, Azores, British, Condor, Icelandair, KLM, LOT, Lufthansa, Neos, SAS, Swiss, TAP, Turkish and WestJet have scheduled operations.
There are currently 381 weekly flights between Europe and Toronto per leg . In terms of the number of operations, the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and France are its main markets.
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Words by Sebastián Polito