Virgin Atlantic launches flights to his head and heads to Seoul in 2026

Virgin Atlantic announced that in March 2026, daily flights to Seoul will start South Korea, saying that the new road, which will begin after investigating the British government in Asian Airways and Korean air integration, will be targeted primarily entertainment agents.

The airline also celebrated the launch of its flights to Rayada, Saudi Arabia, which occurred on March 30. The ceremonial journey was attended by Saya Weiss, its CEO, as well as Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group.

Targeting entertainment travelers

On April 23, Virgin Atlantic announced that starting March 29, 2026, it will launch daily flights from London Heathrow Airport

(LHR) and Seoul Inchon International Airport

(ICN), with the daily departure operations it runs Boeing 787-9

airplane. Currently, at least since March 2020, when British Airways has last served on the road, ASA and Korean Airlines are the only airlines with scheduling flights between the two airports, and data from the Aviation Analysis Company Cereium Thousands of duet showed.

Virgin Atlantic highlighted that flights to Seoul will create new contacts in East Asia, in cooperation with his fellow Korean members Skyteam, Vietnam Airways, East China, Chinese airlines,

Passengers will be able to Garuda Indonesia and Xiamen Airlines, to contact other cities. The Korean Air communications include 15 cities, with the coding code agreement between airlines that facilitate more comfortable flights to cities such as Tokyo, Japan or Sydney, Australia.

“While the road will attract an important travel to companies in addition to visiting friends and relatives (VFR), it is expected that the new service will attract a customer often led by a culture of food, amazing shopping, as well as” the Korean wave “, which indicates an increase in the world’s popularity around the world to the southern pop culture that defines music (K-Pop), films and movies.

Taker Treatment

While one can only speculate whether Virgin Atlantic has any plans to launch services between London Heathrow and Soulay Inchon, the authority of the UK competition and markets (CMA), when investigating ASANA Airlines

And the Korean air integration decided that the acquisition of the latter could “It leads to a significant reduction in competition (SLC) inside the market or markets.” In the United Kingdom.

as, Korean Air, which acquired the majority share (63.88 %) in Asiana Airlines linesCMA was offered to enable Virgin Atlantic, a colleague Skyteam

A member of the Airlines coalition, to launch the daily services between London Heathrow and Solo Inchon by providing openings for the United Kingdom -based airline, as well as entry “Related arrangements aim to facilitate [Virgin Atlantic’s] entrance” On the road.

On February 21, CMA issued a statement that I read that after a request from Virgin Atlantic, and to consult with Korean air,

The authority had extended the deadline for the British Transport Company to start on the road, which enabled the airline to move to the date of starting to the summer season in the International Air Assembly (IATA) for the year 2026, which will start on March 29, 2026.

Celebrate the launch of trips to Rayada

On the same day that Virgin Atlantic announced its new flights to the South Korean capital, the carrier also celebrated Rayed King Khaled International Airport

(Roh), on the occasion of its first flights at all to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is expected that the daily flights, which started on March 30, are expected to benefit from the commercial opportunities established by the Saudi Vision 2030 plan.

Tea Weiss, CEO (CEO) at Virgin Atlantic, Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group, was filmed after the celebration trip when the airline is Airbus A330-900,

It was registered in the name of G-VJAZ, and the title “Billy Holiday”, parked in Riyadh.

Virgin Atlantic stated frankly that it is expected to be the road “Mostly Saudi Arabia’s sale point,” With Saudi agents looking to visit the United Kingdom and communicate smoothly with the front destinations in North America. In addition to Virgin Atlantic, British Airways

Virgin Atlantic partner in Skyteam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,

Displaying flights on the road, with the trio scheduling 42 weekly departures in April, Duo Mio showed Sirium.