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Virgin starting Puerto Rico flights
Monday, 04 Nov, 2009
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Virgin Atlantic is to start flights between the UK and its ninth Caribbean destination this weekend.
The Boeing 747-400 service between Gatwick and San Juan, Puerto Rico – one of the region’s key cruise hubs – starts on Saturday (November 7).
Puerto Rico will complement the carrier’s presence in the Caribbean with existing flights to Barbados, Antigua, St Lucia, Grenada, Tobago, Havana and Montego Bay and Kingston in Jamaica.
The launch of the service allows Virgin Holidays Cruises to offer a range of cruise holidays from the island.
The airline’s Caribbean country manager Nick Parker said: “The Caribbean has remained a strong market for Virgin Atlantic since we first started flying there in 1998 and we are thrilled to be adding San Juan.
“Virgin Atlantic flies nearly two million passengers each year from London Gatwick and Puerto Rico will serve to increase this further, especially with many passengers connecting onto cruises operating within the Caribbean.”
Flights from Gatwick depart on Saturdays at 09:25, arriving into San Juan at 16:05 the same day (local time) and depart on Saturdays from San Juan leaving at 18:05, arriving into London Gatwick at 08:35 the following morning.
Virgin Atlantic is expanding its Clubhouse at Gatwick including a new Cowshed Spa from later this month.
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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