{"id":69831,"date":"2020-08-29T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=69831"},"modified":"2020-08-28T16:46:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T11:46:29","slug":"virgin-atlantic-start-direct-flight-operations-uk-pakistan-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/virgin-atlantic-start-direct-flight-operations-uk-pakistan-december.html","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Atlantic to start direct flight operations between UK, Pakistan from December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Virgin Atlantic, an international airline service, on Thursday announced that it would begin operating direct flights between the UK and Pakistan from December onwards, a news source reported. In this regard, the airline\u2019s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) JuhaJarvinen expressed his excitement on the new initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/aviation-division-resumes-domestiic-flights.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aviation Division announces resumption of domestic flight operations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CCO stated that both Lahore and Islamabad were popular year-round destinations. He added that the airline management looked forward to welcoming passengers on board since demand for both business and leisure travel to the region had increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JuhaJarvinen said that using the airline\u2019s transatlantic services, customers would have access to the shortest journey to and from destinations in the US by connecting via London Heathrow. He added that tickets for the flights between UK and Pakistan would go on sale from September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/british-airways-resume-flight-operations-islamabad-next-month.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">British Airways to resume flight operations for Islamabad in August<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per sources, in addition to flying customers, Virgin Atlantic will also offer a fast and efficient cargo service. They added that this facility would present new opportunities for companies seeking to import and export goods between the UK, the US, and Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Virgin Atlantic, an international airline service, on Thursday announced that it would begin operating direct flights between the UK and Pakistan from December onwards, a news source reported. In this regard, the airline\u2019s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) JuhaJarvinen expressed his excitement on the new initiative. Read: Aviation Division announces resumption of domestic flight operations The CCO stated that both Lahore and Islamabad were popular year-round destinations. He added that the airline management looked forward to welcoming passengers on board since demand for both business and leisure travel to the region had increased. JuhaJarvinen said that using the airline\u2019s transatlantic services, customers would have access to the shortest journey to and from destinations in the US by connecting via London Heathrow. He added that tickets for the flights between UK and Pakistan would go on sale from September. Read: British Airways to resume flight operations for Islamabad in August As per sources, in addition to flying customers, Virgin Atlantic will also offer a fast and efficient cargo service. They added that this facility would present new opportunities for companies seeking to import and export goods between the UK, the US, and Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012,15167],"tags":[38028,38027],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"category-tourism","9":"tag-direct-flight-operations-between-uk-and-pakistan","10":"tag-virgin-atlantic","11":"cat-15012-id","12":"cat-15167-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Virgin Atlantic direct flights between UK, Pakistan - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Virgin Atlantic, an international airline service, has announced to begin operating direct flights between the UK and Pakistan from December onwards.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/virgin-atlantic-start-direct-flight-operations-uk-pakistan-december.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Virgin Atlantic direct flights between UK, Pakistan - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Virgin Atlantic, an international airline service, has announced to begin operating direct flights between the UK and Pakistan from December onwards.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/virgin-atlantic-start-direct-flight-operations-uk-pakistan-december.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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