Old dis-continued VS routes

I was wondering what places VS used to fly?

I know they used to do LGW-ATH and LGW-EWR

I also heard somewhere they used to fly LHR-ORD and LHR-YYZ, but they got cancelled because of 9/11.

So, do you know where they used to fly, what aircraft were used and how often

thanks

another one was LGW-MIA and LGW-BOS, but those they just moved to LHR when the slots openned up.

Dont forget also LGW-PHC (Port Harcourt, Nigeria) which stopped recently.

So we had-

LGW-MIA
LGW-ATH
LGW-BOS

I think Athens was stopped after 9/11?

I presume the MIA and BOS one changed to LHR after BA cut down after 9/11?

PHC was changed to go throught VK's hub at LOS

I'm not sure if you can count LGW-MIA, LGW-EWR, and LGW-BOS because they simply switched airports. And with the EWR flight at least, it kept the flight number as well. I think VS used to fly their a320s to Spain and maybe Portugal. And no, I don't mean Virgin Sun, that was later.

[Scrooge]

ORD

[preiffer]

There was a second SFO flight during 2001. (To LGW? - or was it LHR?)

I remember ORD and YYZ. I flew to both in the late nineties and remember I was disappointed that shortly after,virgin started advertising that they would start on those routes.

It really shows the power of the Virgin Brand. I had never flown virgin before, but was still disappointed that i was too soon to try.

Virgin came close to flying to Pittsburgh after British Airways pulled out but they elected to move the extra route rights to Las Vegas instead.

[mcmbenjamin]

The second IAD-LHR run; be it short lived in the summer

[RichardMannion]

If I recall there was a second flight to BOS during the summer too, think it was 2004.

Thanks,
Richard

[mcmbenjamin]

Originally posted by RichardMannion
If I recall there was a second flight to BOS during the summer too, think it was 2004.

Thanks,
Richard

Correct:)

VS never flew under its on right to Spain and Portugal.
Also, I flew the second BOS in 2004 - it was an afternoon departure and an early morning return. I think the designation was 053? I think this was meant to keep the slots.

Cheers,
VS045

Originally posted by VS045
Also, I flew the second BOS in 2004 - it was an afternoon departure and an early morning return. I think the designation was 053? I think this was meant to keep the slots.

IIRC the 2nd BOS service ran 3 x weekly, and the extra IAD service was 4 x weekly. and was indeed used to hold slots (I think until the seasonal Cape Town services re-started that Autumn).

IIRC the 2nd BOS service ran 3 x weekly, and the extra IAD service was 4 x weekly. and was indeed used to hold slots (I think until the seasonal Cape Town services re-started that Autumn).

I also flew on that extra IAD service as well that summer - actually, that was my last trip on an arcadia aircraft - G-VFLY 8K:)

Cheers,
VS045

LGW - SFO on the 747-200!!!

in addition to the LHR flight!

[Scrooge]

Am I going nuts (probably) but I seem to remember a Moscow flight?

Originally posted by jetwet1
Am I going nuts (probably) but I seem to remember a Moscow flight?

IIRC VS won the rights to fly to Moscow, but never operated the route.

[Scrooge]

Originally posted by Richard28

Originally posted by jetwet1
Am I going nuts (probably) but I seem to remember a Moscow flight?

IIRC VS won the rights to fly to Moscow, but never operated the route.

Oh ok,not totaly nuts.

LHR - ATH A320/321 G-OUZO / G-VATH
LGW - ATH A320/321 G-OUZO / G-VATH

LGW-BOS B742 Moved to lhr
LGW-MIA B742 Moved to LHR
LGW-EWR B742 Moved to LHR VS17 with new slot
LGW-SFO B742

LGW- PHC now operated LHR via LOS by VK A343

LGW- YYZ B742
LHR- ORD A343

The addional BOS and IAD services Summer 2004

and VS 25 axed after 9/11 soon starting again JUL 1 2006 with new slot time

^ thanks for thos

Thanks for that, milehigh![y]:D

Cheers,
VS045

Originally posted by milehigh
LHR- ORD A343

On a trip to the US Grand Prix in 2000 I flew back from ORD on a 742 if it makes any odds... [y]

YYZ was a favourite of mine, ramp it up the wishlist please VS....

The NRT flight used to stop in Moscow on route for a crew change and some more fuel since it was operated on a 747-200.

Why ATH? What is the significance of ATH?