Virgin to resume flying from Heathrow to Shanghai

Virgin Atlantic is to restart daily flights from London Heathrow to Shanghai for the first time since December 2020 . Cargo and passenger carriage will resume on May 1, meaning all of the carrier’s pre-pandemic route network will be active again ahead of a doubling of capacity to Tel Aviv and the opening of new routes to the Maldives and Turks and Caicos later in 2023. “The move comes following a relaxation in travel restrictions between the two countries, which sees the borders reopening to foreign nationals for the first time since 2020. Shanghai is Virgin Atlantic’s final route to