Virgin to begin flights to Accra and Riyadh in 2025 | Aviation

As we commented in the Europe report, Virgin Atlantic will expand its international operations with the start of Accra and Riyadh, in both cases from London Heathrow. The services will begin in 2025 and will be provided with Airbus A330-900neo and Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft configured for 262 and 264 passengers, respectively.

Riyadh will become Virgin’s first destination in Saudi Arabia, while Accra will be its second route to the African continent. Currently, the carrier operates to Tel Aviv in the Middle East, and Lagos in Africa.

Riyadh · March 30th, 2025

Daily

Accra · May 1st, 2025

Daily

In addition to Accra and Riyadh, Toronto will be another new Virgin Atlantic destination. Flights will commence on March 30th, 2025.

Virgin Atlantic routes to/from LHR (currently + new additions)

Bahamas

• Nassau (NAS): 2 weekly · Boeing 787-9

Barbados

Canada

• Toronto (YYZ): 7 weekly · effective March 30th, 2025

China

• Shanghai (PVG): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-9

Cyprus/Israel

• LHR – Larnaca (LCA) – Tel Aviv (TLV) – LHR: 7 weekly · Airbus A330-300

Ghana

• Accra (ACC): 7 weekly · effective May 1st, 2025

India

• Bengaluru (BLR): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-9
• Delhi (DEL): 14 weekly · Airbus A350-1000 and Boeing 787-9
• Mumbai (BOM): 7 weekly · Boeing 787-9

Jamaica

Nigeria

• Lagos (LOS): 7 weekly · A333/A35K

Saudi…