Virgin Atlantic Announces Flights for Islamabad and Lahore from December

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Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner registration G-VOWS departed from Islamabad at 4:55 AM as airline's inaugural flight VS363 to Manchester.

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News media coverage of the arrival in Islamabad of Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner registration G-VOWS inaugural flight VS362 from Manchester.

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British High Commissioner to Pakistan Christian Turner and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sayed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari were present at Islamabad International Airport to greet passengers.

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On December 10, Gerry's dnata announced its partnership with Virgin Atlantic Airways for the British airline's preferred Ground Services Provider (GSP) at airports of Islamabad and Lahore.

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Anyone know the flight load?
AC Flown: 717, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777, 787, A220, A319, A320, A321, A321, A330, A350, A380, CRJ200, CRJ500, CRJ700, CRJ900, Cessna 172, E145, E170, E175, E190, MD-11, and MD-80.

EA, PA, AF, NZ, AA, BA, CO, DL, EK, EY, LA, LH, NW, PK, QF, QR, SV, TK, UA, US, & VA.
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Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner registration G-VOWS arrived in Manchester at 7:25 AM as airline's inaugural flight VS363 from Islamabad. Flight completed in seven hours & thirty minutes.

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Crew members of Islamabad to Manchester flight.



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London Heathrow Airport website displaying December 12 Virgin Atlantic London to Islamabad inaugural flight VS378 information. The flight is scheduled to depart at 12:30 PM from airport's Terminal 2.

It is scheduled to arrive in Islamabad at 1:00 AM on December 13.

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Like British Airways, crew of Virgin Atlantic Airways also stay at Islamabad Serena Hotel.

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Photos of Virgin Atlantic Islamabad to Manchester flight crew members.



Photos from Lahore where the crew had arrived aboard Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner registration G-VNEW cargo and crew positioning flight VS364 from London on December 8.



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Anyone know where Virgin and British Airways crew will stay in Lahore? PC, Avari, Nishat, Four Points? Thanks.
AC Flown: 717, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777, 787, A220, A319, A320, A321, A321, A330, A350, A380, CRJ200, CRJ500, CRJ700, CRJ900, Cessna 172, E145, E170, E175, E190, MD-11, and MD-80.

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Front page coverage given to Virgin Atlantic Airways' first commercial flight to Pakistan in December 12 edition of Pakistan's leading Urdu and English dailies.

The British airline's inaugural flight VS362 operated with a state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrived in Islamabad on December 11.

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Urdu daily "Express" front page.

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English daily "DAWN" front page.

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Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner registration G-VWHO named "Mystery Girl" to perform airline's inaugural London to Islamabad flight VS378.

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VS 378 About to take off.
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Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft registration G-VWHO named "Mystery Girl" departed from London Heathrow Airport at 1:00 PM as airline's inaugural flight VS378 to Islamabad.

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ba260 wrote: Fri Dec 11, 2020 7:00 am Anyone know the flight load?
208 from Man to Isb and 67 from Isb to Man.

I did read that all seats had been sold on the way out however it is normal for a good number of pax to be denied boarding on most flights (where covid negative PCR is required) due to pax not having or having incorrect covid negative result proof.
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London Heathrow to Islamabad inaugural flight was 98% occupied