History. VS LGW-SVO-NRT and 747 routes questions.

Hi

Hope its ok to ask this?

In the late 1980's and early 1990's Virgin flew Gatwick via Moscow to Tokyo. Does anyone have a 1989/90 timetable? If so can anyone tell me what the flight numbers and schedule was?

Also I was looking at facebook the other day and a guy in Seattle posted a few photos of a VS 346 at SEA. Apparently Virgin used the A340's for a week last November on the LHR-SEA route. This got me thinking did Virgin ever use the 744's on the HKG, JNB, NRT, PVG, LOS, CPT, DEL, BOM, routes?

Grateful for any info.

Thanks

Alex

The 747 has operated to NRT (747-200) and to DEL (747-200) and to HKG (747-400) and they used an air Atlanta 747-200 on the LOS route for a while and the 747-400 has been on the LOS route and the 747-400 used to operate to JNB in the winter

A fun thing you can do is go to jetphotos.net (https://www.jetphotos.com), type in an airport, go to modify search and select 'Virgin Atlantic' under airlines, and the go to the last page to see the oldest photos. I don't think it goes as far back as 1980/1990s but still some very interesting photos.

For example, these are the oldest photos of VS at Hong Kong (Including Chek Lap Kok): https://www.jetphotos.com/showphotos.php?aircraft=all&airline=Virgin%2520Atlantic%2520Airways&category=all&country-location=all&genre=all&keywords-contain=3&keywords-type=all&keywords=Hong+Kong&photo-year=all&photographer-group=all&search-type=Advanced&sort-order=0&page=7

I will have a timetable inc Tokyo via SVO at my parents in the loft. When I can go inside I will try and find it. I have lots of Virgin stuff from that era.

It was operated by the 3rd 747-200 G-TKYO. I think G-VOYG followed shortly after for JFK.

At the time the first 747 G-VIRG flew to Miami and charter to Orlando. All economy downstairs. The other G-VGIN to Newark. Good days.

I think the 747-400s went east after 9/11 with the smaller airbuses heading to the USA.

Thanks everyone!

Alex