List of Virgin Atlantic destinations

The following is a list of current and former destinations served by Virgin Atlantic and its subsidiary Virgin Atlantic International as of June 2023^[update].^[1][2]

Passenger

Country/Region	Town	Airport	Notes	Refs
Antigua and Barbuda	St. John's	V. C. Bird International Airport		^[3]
Australia	Sydney	Sydney Airport	Terminated	^[4]
Bahamas	Nassau	Lynden Pindling International Airport		^[5]^[6]
Barbados	Bridgetown	Grantley Adams International Airport		^[7]
Canada	Toronto	Toronto Pearson International Airport	Terminated	^[8]^[9]
	Vancouver	Vancouver International Airport	Terminated	^[9]^[10]
China	Shanghai	Shanghai Pudong International Airport		^[11]^[12]
Cuba	Havana	José Martí International Airport	Terminated	^[3]^[13]
	Varadero	Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport	Terminated	^[14]
Ghana	Accra	Kotoka International Airport	Terminated	^[15]
Greece	Athens	Athens International Airport	Terminated
Grenada	St. George's	Maurice Bishop International Airport		^[3]
Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong International Airport	Terminated	^[16]
		Kai Tak Airport	Airport Closed	^[17]
India	Bengaluru	Kempegowda International Airport		^[18]
	Delhi	Indira Gandhi International Airport		^[3]
	Mumbai	Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport		^[19]
Ireland	Dublin	Dublin Airport	Terminated
Israel	Tel Aviv	Ben Gurion Airport	Resumes 5 September 2024	^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]
Jamaica	Kingston	Norman Manley International Airport	Terminated	^[24]^[25]
	Montego Bay	Sangster International Airport		^[3]
Japan	Tokyo	Narita International Airport	Terminated	^[10]
Kenya	Nairobi	Jomo Kenyatta International Airport	Terminated	^[26]
Maldives	Malé	Velana International Airport	Seasonal	^[27]
Mauritius	Port Louis	Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport	Terminated	^[28]
Mexico	Cancún	Cancún International Airport	Terminated	^[29]
Nigeria	Lagos	Murtala Muhammed International Airport		^[3]
	Port Harcourt	Port Harcourt International Airport	Terminated	^[30]
Pakistan	Islamabad	Islamabad International Airport	Terminated	^[31]
	Lahore	Allama Iqbal International Airport	Terminated	^[32]
South Africa	Cape Town	Cape Town International Airport	Seasonal	^[10]^[33]
	Johannesburg	O. R. Tambo International Airport		^[3]
St. Lucia	Vieux Fort	Hewanorra International Airport	Seasonal	^[34]^[35]
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Kingstown	Argyle International Airport		^[36]^[6]
Trinidad and Tobago	Scarborough	Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson International Airport	Terminated	^[3]^[37]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Providenciales	Providenciales International Airport		^[38]^[39]
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Dubai International Airport	Seasonal	^[40]^[41]
United Kingdom	Belfast	Belfast International Airport	Terminated	^[42]^[12]
	Edinburgh	Edinburgh Airport	Seasonal	^[43]
	Glasgow	Glasgow Airport	Terminated
	London	Gatwick Airport	Terminated
		Heathrow Airport	Hub	^[44]
		Luton Airport	Terminated
	Manchester	Manchester Airport	Hub	^[7]
United States	Atlanta	Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport		^[3]
	Austin	Austin–Bergstrom International Airport	Terminated	^[45]^[46]
	Boston	Logan International Airport		^[3]
	Chicago	O'Hare International Airport	Terminated	^[47]
	Detroit	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport	Terminated	^[48]^[49]
	Las Vegas	Harry Reid International Airport		^[3]
	Los Angeles	Los Angeles International Airport		^[11]
	Miami	Miami International Airport		^[3]
	New York City	John F. Kennedy International Airport		^[11]
	Newark	Newark Liberty International Airport	Terminated	^[50]
	Orlando	Orlando International Airport		^[11]
	San Francisco	San Francisco International Airport		^[3]
	Seattle	Seattle–Tacoma International Airport		^[51]
	Tampa	Tampa International Airport		^[52]
	Washington, D.C.	Dulles International Airport		^[3]

Cargo

In addition to the previously listed destinations served with scheduled passenger service, Virgin Atlantic has also operated scheduled, cargo-only flights on its passenger aircraft to the following destinations as of August 2021^[update]:^[53]

Country/Region	City	Airport	Notes	Refs
Belgium	Brussels	Brussels Airport	European Cargo Hub	^[54]
China	Beijing	Beijing Capital International Airport	Terminated	^[54]
	Xiamen	Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport	Terminated	^[54]
Germany	Frankfurt	Frankfurt Airport		^[55]
Ireland	Dublin	Dublin Airport		^[54]
Italy	Milan	Milan Malpensa Airport		^[56]
Norway	Harstad	Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes	Terminated	^[57]
Puerto Rico	San Juan	Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport		^[54]

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