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(ANSA) - ROMA, 24 GIU - Delta Air Lines ha finalizzato oggi con successo l'acquisizione del 49% di Virgin Atlantic e le due compagnie aeree hanno siglato oggi un accordo di code-share su 108 rotte che offrira' ai passeggeri delle due compagnie facili collegamenti verso 66 destinazioni in Nord America e nel Regno Unito. L'accordo di code sharing entrera' in vigore il 3 luglio.

L'annuncio odierno, riferisce una nota, compie un ulteriore passo verso una joint venture completa tra i due vettori.
 
Bel colpo per DL, dopo questo acquisto è molto più vicina a Skyteam
 
http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubr...elta-acquista-49-Virgin-Atlantic_8921530.html

(ANSA) - ROMA, 24 GIU - Delta Air Lines ha finalizzato oggi con successo l'acquisizione del 49% di Virgin Atlantic e le due compagnie aeree hanno siglato oggi un accordo di code-share su 108 rotte che offrira' ai passeggeri delle due compagnie facili collegamenti verso 66 destinazioni in Nord America e nel Regno Unito. L'accordo di code sharing entrera' in vigore il 3 luglio.

L'annuncio odierno, riferisce una nota, compie un ulteriore passo verso una joint venture completa tra i due vettori.
 
Re: Delta: acquista 49% di Virgin Atlantic e Start Codeshare

http://airlineroute.net/2013/06/25/dlvs-codeshare-jul13/


DELTA / Virgin Atlantic to Start Codeshare Service from July 2013

DELTA and Virgin Atlantic has announced launch of codeshare partnership, which will begin on 03JUL13. The codeshare service covers 108 routes in 66 cities, which sees DELTA’s “DL” code appears on 17 routes by Virgin and Virgin’s “VS” code appearing on 91 routes by DELTA.

Planned Codeshare routes as follow. Note certain routes may not begin from 03JUL13 as it awaits Government Approval.

DELTA operated by Virgin Atlantic
Glasgow – Orlando
London Gatwick – Las Vegas
London Gatwick – Orlando
London Heathrow – Aberdeen
London Heathrow – Boston
London Heathrow – Chicago
London Heathrow – Edinburgh
London Heathrow – Manchester
London Heathrow – Miami
London Heathrow – New York JFK
London Heathrow – Newark
London Heathrow – Vancouver
London Heathrow – Washington Dulles
Manchester – Las Vegas
Manchester – Orlando

Virgin Atlantic operated by DELTA
Atlanta – London Heathrow
Atlanta – Manchester
Atlanta – Newark
Atlanta – Washington Dulles
Boston – Atlanta
Boston – Cincinnati
Boston – Columbus OH
Boston – Detroit
Boston – Indianapolis
Boston – London Heathrow
Boston – Memphis
Boston – Minneapolis
Boston – New York La Guardia
Boston – Norfolk
Boston – Orlando
Boston – Raleigh
Boston – Salt Lake City
Detroit – London Heathrow
Detroit – Newark
Detroit – Washington Dulles
Los Angeles – Honolulu
Los Angeles – Kahului
Los Angeles – Kona
Los Angeles – Las Vegas
Los Angeles – Lihue
Los Angeles – Oakland
Los Angeles – Phoenix
Los Angeles – Portland OR
Los Angeles – Sacramento
Los Angeles – Salt Lake City
Los Angeles – San Diego
Los Angeles – San Francisco
Los Angeles – Seattle
Minneapolis – Chicago O’Hare
Minneapolis – London Heathrow
Minneapolis – Newark
Minneapolis – Washington Dulles
New York JFK – Atlanta
New York JFK – Austin
New York JFK – Baltimore
New York JFK – Boston
New York JFK – Buffalo
New York JFK – Charleston SC
New York JFK – Charlotte
New York JFK – Chicago O’Hare
New York JFK – Cincinnati
New York JFK – Cleveland
New York JFK – Columbus OH
New York JFK – Dallas/Ft. Worth
New York JFK – Denver
New York JFK – Detroit
New York JFK – Ft. Lauderdale
New York JFK – Ft. Myers
New York JFK – Indianapolis
New York JFK – Jacksonville FL
New York JFK – Kansas City
New York JFK – Las Vegas
New York JFK – London Heathrow
New York JFK – Los Angeles
New York JFK – Louisville
New York JFK – Miami
New York JFK – Milwaukee
New York JFK – Minneapolis
New York JFK – Montego Bay
New York JFK – Montreal
New York JFK – Nashville
New York JFK – New Orleans
New York JFK – Norfolk
New York JFK – Orlando
New York JFK – Philadelphia
New York JFK – Phoenix
New York JFK – Pittsburgh
New York JFK – Portland OR
New York JFK – Quebec City
New York JFK – Raleigh
New York JFK – Richmond
New York JFK – Rochester NY
New York JFK – Salt Lake City
New York JFK – San Antonio
New York JFK – San Diego
New York JFK – San Francisco
New York JFK – Seattle
New York JFK – St. Louis
New York JFK – Tampa
New York JFK – Toronto
New York JFK – Vancouver
New York JFK – Washington Dulles
New York JFK – Washington Reagan
Salt Lake City – Chicago O’Hare
Salt Lake City – San Francisco
San Francisco – Honolulu
 
Heathrow Flight Showdown Looms as Delta-Virgin Targets NYC Route

Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) and Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. will adjust schedules between New York and London, one of the world’s busiest routes for premium travel, to help woo fliers fromBritish Airways (IAG) and American Airlines.
With Delta’s purchase of a 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic completed, the carriers will usetargeted advertising to win more business, Craig Kreeger, chief executive officer of Virgin Atlantic, said yesterday in an interview. Virgin Atlantic founder Richard Branson will keep his 51 percent stake.
Regulatory approval of the deal would allow an early 2014 start for a trans-Atlantic joint venture able to set timetables and fares and share costs and revenue. The tie-up challenges British Airways and American, which have long controlled more than half of New York-London flying, and United Airlines, which serves Heathrow from New Jersey’s Newark airport.
“For most of Delta’s corporate customers, this really evens the playing field with American, British Air and United as well,”Helane Becker, an analyst at Cowen & Co. in New York, said by phone yesterday.
Takeoff and landing slot times at Heathrow are fixed, although the destination cities can be altered to make a schedule more competitive, Kreeger said. Hypothetically, the carriers could swap a Heathrow-Los Angeles flight into a Heathrow-Kennedy flight if they felt it was more advantageous, he said.

Seattle Service

“We have things we can swap, move one for another, to make a schedule work as optimally as you can,” Kreeger said yesterday by telephone.
Virgin Atlantic and Delta are “looking hard at Seattle” for new service to Heathrow, Delta President Ed Bastian said in an interview.
Delta and Virgin Atlantic, who together have nine flights between London’s Heathrow and New York’s John F. Kennedy airports, will begin placing their codes on more than 100 routes starting next month, the companies said in a statement yesterday.
North Atlantic flights generate about one-quarter of all global revenue from first- and business-class fares -- more than twice as much as second-placed trans-Pacific routes, according to figures from the International Air Transport Association.
Virgin Atlantic will place its code on 91 routes across the Atlantic and within the U.S., with Atlanta-based Delta doing likewise on 17 Virgin flights, including new shuttle services from London to Scotland, the carriers said.

Regulatory Approval


Code-sharing will commence on July 3 after Delta yesterday completed its purchase of a 49 percent stake in Crawley, England-based Virgin Atlantic. The $360 million purchase was completed after last week’s regulatory approval from the U.S. Justice Department and European Commission.
Antitrust immunity is likely to be granted by the U.S. Transportation Department within months, letting the joint venture begin in the first quarter of 2014, Bastian said on a conference call.
“The DoT review of antitrust immunity is going quite well from our understanding,” Bastian told journalists. “The joint venture will be much more significant than what the code-share provides.”
Twenty-three daily code-share flights will be on North American routes from Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, including the nine daily services to New York.
U.S.-U.K. passenger volumes are 20 times the size of Britain-Singapore flying that former investor Singapore Airlines Ltd. (SIA) had sought to tap before the $360 million sale of its stake to Delta agreed Dec. 11, Bastian said.

Singapore Air


Singapore Air separately said yesterday that it had completed the exit of the 49 percent holding, adding in a statement that existing commercial arrangements including code-shares and cooperation on air-mile programs and lounge access remain.
While Bastian said the primary focus will be on trans-Atlantic cooperation, Kreeger said he expects Delta to play a full part in determining strategy at the U.K. carrier.
Delta’s Executive Vice President of Network Planning Glen Hauenstein and Senior Vice President of Europe Perry Cantarutti will join Virgin Atlantic’s board and “will be involved wherever we can add value,” said Bastian, who will also join the nine-member board.
Kreeger said that though some people questioned the company’s brand identity when the Delta deal was announced, it will remain “true to its roots.”
“Our unique sense for operating an airline that customers around the world love will not change. It’s one thing that attracted Delta to us,” Kreeger said.
Bastian said he’s confident that Virgin Atlantic’s management can end losses at the U.K. company within 18 months and go on to generate positive earnings, aided by developments including an ongoing fleet-renewal process.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-...gin-code-share-with-full-venture-in-2014.html
 
Ottima notizia... quindi ora posso volare un LGW-LAS o MCO acquisendo miglia FB!

Non sono sicuro, ma credo che non sia ancora possibile. Se non sbaglio puoi guadagnare guadagni miglia FB sui voli commercializzati DL, ma operati da Delta/DeltaConnection o un altro partner SkyTeam. Quindi bisogna attendere che VS entri in ST.

Invece coloro che partecipano al programma SkyMiles di Delta, avranno da adesso la possibilita' di guadagnare miglia (anche qualificanti) su voli commercializzati VS e viceversa.
 
Virgin Atlantic and Delta are “looking hard at Seattle” for new service to Heathrow, Delta President Ed Bastian said in an interview.
E' arrivata l'ufficialita' - volo daily dal 29 Marzo 2014:

Delta to launch daily Seattle to LHR service

Delta Air Lines is launching a non-stop daily service between Seattle and London Heathrow next March.
The route will be operated by a 210-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft featuring 35 full flat-bed seats in business, 32 seats in premium economy and 143 in economy.
Outgoing flight 37 departs Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at 1840 and arrives at LHR at 1205 the following day.
The return service, flight 36, leaves Heathrow at 1220 and arrives at Seattle at 1440 the same day.
Currently, only British Airways services the Seattle to London route with a daily flight codesharing with American Airlines and Iberia.
Earlier this month, Delta and Virgin Atlantic began a codeshare agreement across 108 routes in North America and the UK (see online news, June 24).
Glen Hauenstein, a Delta executive vice president, said: "Our international expansion in Seattle is possible because of our partnerships with Alaska Airlines, Virgin Atlantic Airways and Air France-KLM.
"Together the airlines can provide customers in the Pacific Northwest with an unmatched global network and an industry-leading customer experience on the ground and in the air."
Tickets for the route, which starts on March 29 (March 30 for the return service), will be available to purchase from July 27.
delta.com
 
Delta, Virgin Get U.S. Approval to Align Fares

Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL)
and Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd., the carrier majority owned by billionaire Richard Branson, won U.S. antitrust immunity to let them coordinate fares and schedules on flights across the Atlantic.

Today’s approval by the U.S. Department of Transportation lets the airlines combine their networks and complete a commercial relationship driven by Delta’s June purchase of a 49 percent stake in the U.K. carrier. No other airlines opposed the tie-up, the DOT said today in a filing.

Delta and Virgin Atlantic began a code-share agreement earlier this year, enabling them to book passengers on each other’s jets on a single itinerary. Antitrust immunity will let them deepen ties by sharing costs and revenue as though they were a single entity. U.S. and European laws ban foreign majority ownership of airlines.

The move is also a challenge to British Airways (IAG) and AMR Corp. (AAMRQ)’s American Airlines, which now control more than half of trans-Atlantic service. Delta, based in Atlanta, bought the stake in Virgin from Singapore Airlines Ltd. (SIA) for $360 million this year to add trans-Atlantic flights, the world’s richest market for premium passengers.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-23/delta-virgin-get-u-s-approval-to-align-fares.html
 
Ottima notizia... quindi ora posso volare un LGW-LAS o MCO acquisendo miglia FB!

Confermo. Tra qualche giorno farò LHR WAS sulla DL4382 operato da VS. Niente miglia. Quando il volo è in codeshare ma il metallo è di una compagnia non Skyteam, niente miglia. Mi è già successo con JAT e Virgin Australia.
 
Questo il corrente orario per la W13/14 sulla JFK-LHR

VS26 dep 07:20 arr 19:15
VS4 dep 18:20 arr 06:25
DL3 dep 18:55 arr 07:05
VS46 dep 19:25 arr 07:40
DL1 dep 19:35 arr 07:50
DL5 dep 21:15 arr 09:25
VS10 dep 22:25 arr 10:30

Sempre nell'ambito della riprogrammazione segnalo che i voli internazionali e domestici originati dal T4 assumeranno presto una nuova numerazione come DL4xx, per definire il terminal di partenza ex-JFK (DL opera anche al T2 dove verrà attuata una politica simile)
 
Delta and Virgin unveil joint schedule

Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines have today revealed how they will align their services at London Heathrow ahead of their transatlantic joint venture, which begins in summer 2014.

The two carriers have unveiled details of their new combined schedule, which will start on March 30 and aims to "offer maximum customer convenience, particularly for business travellers".

The airlines were granted anti-trust immunity by the US Department of Transportation in September (see news, September 23).

Among the changes, Delta will move flights on its key business routes – New York JFK, Boston and Seattle – to Heathrow's Terminal 3, from April 2, to co-locate with Virgin. All Delta flights from Heathrow are currently based at Terminal 4.

And, as part of the move, all business class passengers with both carriers will be given access to Virgin's Clubhouse lounge in Terminal 3.

Craig Kreeger, Virgin Atlantic's CEO, said: "We already co-locate together at New York's JFK airport and moving some of Delta's key business flights to join Virgin Atlantic at Heathrow's Terminal 3 will enhance convenience, and reduce connection times.

"This demonstrates how our new partnership is going to be making a real difference for customers."

Delta will operate a second daily service between Heathrow and Detroit from June 2 alongside its already announced Heathrow-Seattle route, which is due to launch on March 30.

Delta president Ed Bastian added: "A key reason for our joint venture was to offer customers more choice and convenient schedules, especially for our business travellers.

"With our Seattle service, Delta will add its sixth nonstop destination between London and the United States. Combined the Delta-Virgin partnership now offers our customers 33 daily nonstop flights across the Atlantic."

The new Virgin-Delta schedule from Heathrow will include nine daily flights to New York area airports (JFK and Newark). The timetable has been drawn up to attract the corporate market on both sides of the Atlantic.

The airlines said in a statement: "The new schedule will include departures every 30 minutes during the early evening peak and then hourly until 22.30 from New York-JFK to Heathrow and a spread of seven daily flights from Heathrow to New York-JFK, including two late afternoon and early evening departures.

"It also includes two conveniently timed departures to and from Newark."

The new schedule is as follows:
Flight number Route Departure Time Arrival Time
DL 37

[TD="width: 116"] Seattle-Heathrow[/TD]
[TD="width: 140"] 1840[/TD]
[TD="width: 229"] 1205 (following day)[/TD]

[TD="width: 128"] DL 36[/TD]
[TD="width: 116"] Heathrow-Seattle[/TD]
[TD="width: 140"] 1220[/TD]
[TD="width: 229"] 1440[/TD]

[TD="width: 128"] DL 56[/TD]
[TD="width: 116"] Detroit–Heathrow[/TD]
[TD="width: 140"] 2225[/TD]
[TD="width: 229"] 1105 (following day)[/TD]

[TD="width: 128"] DL 57[/TD]
[TD="width: 116"] Heathrow-Detroit[/TD]
[TD="width: 140"] 1305[/TD]
[TD="width: 229"] 1605[/TD]

[TD="width: 128"] VS 1[/TD]
[TD="width: 116"] Heathrow-Newark[/TD]
[TD="width: 140"] 0945[/TD]
[TD="width: 229"] 1235[/TD]

[TD="width: 128"] VS 2[/TD]
[TD="width: 116"] Newark–Heathrow[/TD]
[TD="width: 140"] 1930[/TD]
[TD="width: 229"] 0730 (following day)[/TD]

[TD="width: 128"] VS 11[/TD]
[TD="width: 116"] Heathrow-Boston[/TD]
[TD="width: 140"] 1710[/TD]
[TD="width: 229"] 1940[/TD]

[TD="width: 128"] VS 12[/TD]
[TD="width: 116"] Boston–Heathrow[/TD]
[TD="width: 140"] 2140[/TD]
[TD="width: 229"] 0910 (following day)[/TD]

http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/delta-and-virgin-unveil


Mi sfugge però per quale motivo il Heathrow-Atlanta (operato da DL) sia rimasto fuori da questo accordo
 
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways have outlined details of a new joint venture flight schedule beginning summer 2014, aligning their services and offering more flight choices for travelers on both sides of the Atlantic. The two airlines are combining their slots at London Heathrow to offer maximum customer convenience, particularly for business travellers, from the launch of the 2014 summer schedule on March 30, 2014.
A key part of the partnership will, from April 2, 2014, see Delta move its arrival and departure terminal for several important business markets to join Virgin Atlantic in Heathrow Terminal 3. This includes its links from London’s largest airport to New York John F Kennedy International, Boston, and its new Seattle service and means the two airlines will co-locate on all its New York and Boston flights to London Heathrow.
The move will certainly allow for more convenient connection options for travellers and a seamless customer experience across both operators, including access to Virgin Atlantic's award winning Clubhouse lounge for all Delta’s business class passengers.
"We are working on a series of improvements to enhance the travel experience for our customers," said Craig Kreeger, chief executive officer, Virgin Atlantic. "We already co-locate together at New York's JFK airport and moving some of Delta's key business flights to join Virgin Atlantic at Heathrow's Terminal 3 will enhance convenience, and reduce connection times. This demonstrates how our new partnership is going to be making a real difference for customers."
Delta, in cooperation with Virgin Atlantic, will also operate a second daily service between London Heathrow and Detroit Metropolitan Airport effective June 1, 2014. The service will be particularly appealing to corporate customers needing an early morning arrival into London while offering more schedule choice for customers between London and the US Midwest. This additional flight will complement Delta's previously announced new West Coast route between Seattle and London Heathrow, which will launch on March 29, 2014.
Virgin Atlantic is also making significant schedule changes. It is moving its ‘VS1’ Heathrow to Newark service from a late afternoon departure to a morning departure. This flight will be particularly attractive to business travelers: it will allow 'same-day meetings' to be held in the New Jersey area, while an earlier departure on the return flight means passengers can be in central London for the start of the working day.
This service is part of nine daily flights between London Heathrow and the New York area by the joint venture partners. The new schedule will include departures every 30 minutes during the early evening peak and then hourly until 10:30 pm from New York-JFK to London Heathrow and a spread of seven daily flights from London Heathrow to New York-JFK, including two late afternoon and early evening departures. It also includes two conveniently timed departures to and from Newark.
Virgin Atlantic has also retimed its Heathrow to Boston service to depart two hours later in the afternoon. This offers more flexibility for the two airlines' customers with Delta's Heathrow to Boston service departing in the morning. Virgin Atlantic's evening departure from Boston will also move two hours later, giving greater schedule choice to travellers.
"A key reason for our joint venture was to offer customers more choice and convenient schedules, especially for our business travelers," said Ed Bastian, president, Delta Air Lines. "With our Seattle service, Delta will add its sixth non-stop destination between London and the United States. Combined the Delta-Virgin partnership now offers our customers 33 daily non-stop flights across the Atlantic."
In September, Delta and Virgin Atlantic welcomed the decision by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to approve the carriers' joint venture by granting antitrust immunity on routes between North America and the UK. This ruling has enabled the airlines to deepen their cooperation.
In the table below we look in more detail at transatlantic operations from London Heathrow to the US and how frequency and capacity will change in May 2014, compared to the same month this year. Our analysis shows that frequencies will increase 1.6 per cent in May 2014 and capacity will rise 0.1 per cent versus last year.
The latest schedule data from OAG Analyser shows that Virgin Atlantic and Delta are both reporting the largest capacity growth during this period with 9.2 per cent and 5.4 per cent more seats: Kuwait Airways also has a notable 7.7 per cent growth thanks to the addition of one more flight rotation in May 2014 versus the same last year due to monthly day variations.
Interestingly, although British Airways will boost flight frequency in May 2014 versus May 2013 by 3.2 per cent and inaugurate a new Link to Austin with its Boeing 787 Dreamliners, overall capacity will decline 2.4 per cent in the month when compared to last year.
[TABLE="width: 498"]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 8"]TRANSATLANTIC SERVICES FROM LONDON HEATHROW TO US IN MAY 2014 VERSUS MAY 2013 (non-stop departures)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Rank
[/TD]
[TD]Airline
[/TD]
[TD]Destinations
[/TD]
[TD]Growth
[/TD]
[TD]Frequency
[/TD]
[TD]% Change
[/TD]
[TD]Seat Capacity
[/TD]
[TD]% Change
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]British Airways (BA)
[/TD]
[TD]19
[/TD]
[TD]+1
[/TD]
[TD]1,240
[/TD]
[TD]3.2 %
[/TD]
[TD]372,484
[/TD]
[TD](-2.4) %
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]Virgin Atlantic (VS)
[/TD]
[TD]8
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]403
[/TD]
[TD]2.5 %
[/TD]
[TD]147,391
[/TD]
[TD]9.2 %
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]American Airlines (AA)
[/TD]
[TD]6
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]434
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[TD]116,870
[/TD]
[TD](-3.3) %
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4
[/TD]
[TD]United Airlines (UA)
[/TD]
[TD]6
[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]558
[/TD]
[TD](-6.7) %
[/TD]
[TD]116,590
[/TD]
[TD](-1.7) %
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5
[/TD]
[TD]Delta Air Lines (DL)
[/TD]
[TD]6
[/TD]
[TD]+1
[/TD]
[TD]310
[/TD]
[TD]11.1 %
[/TD]
[TD]70,370
[/TD]
[TD]5.4 %
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6
[/TD]
[TD]US Airways (US)
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[TD]62
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[TD]18,042
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7
[/TD]
[TD]Air New Zealand (NZ)
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[TD]31
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[TD]10,292
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8
[/TD]
[TD]Kuwait Airways (KU)
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[TD]14
[/TD]
[TD]7.7 %
[/TD]
[TD]3,822
[/TD]
[TD]7.7 %
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 4"]TOTAL
[/TD]
[TD]3,052
[/TD]
[TD]1.6 %
[/TD]
[TD]855,861
[/TD]
[TD]0.1 %
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
 
Delta Switches to Terminal 3 for Heathrow Flights to Boston, New York and Seattle
by Staff on April 2, 2014

Delta Air Lines has relocated some of its key London Heathrow flights from the airport’s Terminal 4 to Terminal 3, in order to join its strategic partner Virgin Atlantic Airways in operating to and from the terminal.

The move comes as both airlines start flying their new and aligned summer schedules, which the carriers have designed to offer business passengers more choice and flexibility and to reduce transit times for connecting flights.

From April 2, Delta Air Lines has moved its arrival and departure terminal for its London Heathrow-New York JFK services, Heathrow-Boston flights, and new Heathrow-Seattle service to Terminal 3.

Virgin Atlantic Airways operates all of its Heathrow long-haul flights to and from Terminal 3.

Now both Delta and Virgin Atlantic Airways operate to and from the same terminals at both ends of the London Heathrow-New York JFK route, which is the world’s most important international business-travel market, according to Delta.

“From the outset of our partnership with Virgin Atlantic we have been committed to putting the customer first and creating more competition on trans-Atlantic routes,” says Ed Bastian, Delta’s president. “The co-location of our key business flights with Virgin Atlantic at Heathrow is another step forward in delivering against these commitments. Together we are offering new routes and more flights this summer and making a real difference for customers.”

Virgin Atlantic Airways used this Airbus A330-300 to fly its first-ever transatlantic scheduled service with a twin-engine aircraft, a revenue flight between Manchester in the UK and Orlando in Florida Virgin Atlantic Airways used this Airbus A330-300 to fly its first-ever transatlantic scheduled service with a twin-engine aircraft, a revenue flight between Manchester in the UK and Orlando in Florida


The new routes to which Bastian refers include Delta’s new West Coast service between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and London Heathrow. Delta began operating the service on March 30.

In co-operation with Virgin Atlantic, Delta will begin offering a second daily service between London Heathrow and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport from June 2. (The outbound flight from Detroit starts operating on June 1.) Delta uses Heathrow’s Terminal 4 for its Detroit departures,

The two airlines’ joint summer UK-U.S. summer schedule includes a total of 32 peak daily non-stop, one-way flights between North America and the UK. Of these, 25 flights will operate between London Heathrow and important U.S. business destinations such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta and Washington Dulles International Airport.

In the overall New York-London travel market, Delta and Virgin Atlantic together offer a total of nine daily non-stop flights. Their joint schedule includes departures every 30 minutes during the early evening peak and then hourly until 10:30 p.m. from New York JFK to London Heathrow Airport.

The Boeing 777-200LR is the longest-haul aircraft type in Delta Air Lines' huge fleet. Delta operates 10 of the ultra-long-haul widebodies The Boeing 777-200LR is the longest-haul aircraft type in Delta Air Lines’ huge fleet. Delta operates 10 of the ultra-long-haul widebodies


From London Heathrow to New York JFK, the two carriers offer a spread of seven daily flights including two late afternoon and early evening departures. These services will be complemented by two daily non-stop flights between Newark Liberty International Airport (the other major New York-area international gateway airport) and London Heathrow.

Delta will continue to operate its services linking London with Atlanta, Detroit and Minneapolis from Heathrow’s Terminal 4.
http://www.airlinesanddestinations....throw-flights-to-boston-new-york-and-seattle/
 
Delta e Virgin Atlantic continuano il processo di integrazione e armonizzazione dei rispettivi network: a partire dal 26 ottobre Delta prenderà il posto di Virgin in una delle due frequenze giornaliere attualmente operate su LAX, mentre la compagnia britannica attiverà il nuovo collegamento su ATL, anch'esso in sostituzione di uno dei 3daily di DL.

Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) and Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) have outlined proposed changes to their transatlantic operations as part of the airlines' new joint venture partnership.

Effective October 26, 2014, Delta will begin operating one of two daily London Heathrow to Los Angeles Int'l flights currently operated by Virgin Atlantic. This new Delta service will mark the airline’s first nonstop flight between Los Angeles and London Heathrow and is Delta’s seventh nonstop destination between London and the United States.

In return, Virgin Atlantic will begin operating one of Delta’s three daily London Heathrow to Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson flights.

The two airlines will codeshare on each other’s operated services.

In 2013, Delta acquired a 49% stake in the British carrier before the two entered into a passenger-sharing "codeshare" alliance. The alliance subsequently received anti-trust immunity allowing it to enter into a joint venture on transatlantic routes.

Ch-aviation
 
Virgin verra' ancora considerata compagnia comunitaria, con la maggioranza del capitale UE?

Se si' non e' un precedente di poco conto.
 
Virgin verra' ancora considerata compagnia comunitaria, con la maggioranza del capitale UE?

Se si' non e' un precedente di poco conto.

Si, ma a differenza di altre compagnie con investimenti da capitali esteri (Czech e Air Serbia escluse), la maggioranza del pacchetto azionario è in mano ad un solo azionista, il Virgin Group di sir Richard Branson.