Virgin Atlantic is joining easyJet’s global flight connections service ‘Worldwide by easyJet’.
The agreement means the budget airline’s passengers can connect at Gatwick between easyJet’s European network and Virgin Atlantic’s long-haul flights.
This could see travellers connecting from the likes of Barcelona through to Orlando and Edinburgh to Las Vegas.
Other Virgin Atlantic destinations now available also include Las Vegas, Antigua and St Lucia.
This addition compliments easyJet’s existing relationships with Norwegian, WestJet, Thomas Cook Airlines, Corsair, La Compagnie, Aurigny and Loganair who are already part of ‘Worldwide by easyJet’.
The carrier recently announced that Singapore Airlines and its low cost subsidiary airline Scoot will also join.
EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren said: “We are really pleased to welcome Virgin Atlantic to ‘Worldwide by easyJet’.
“Given we both serve many popular destinations from London Gatwick, we are confident their addition to Worldwide will be very popular with our customers.
“We have been delighted with the appetite of partner airports and airlines to expand Worldwide across our network and continue to broaden our focus to launch more airline partners and add connectivity to more of our biggest airports. Tens of millions of connecting passengers travel each year with journeys which begin or end in Europe.
“Because of easyJet’s reputation for great customer service and our strong positions at Europe’s leading airports, a large number of different airlines as well as airports have been asking to work with easyJet for some time and we expect to announce more partners in the coming months.”
Virgin Atlantic CEO Craig Kreeger said: “Virgin Atlantic is committed to working with the best possible global partners, to offer industry leading choice and connections for our customers.
“EasyJet’s unbeatable Gatwick network, combined with a shared customer centric ethos, makes them the ideal fit for us.
“We’re delighted that customers across the UK and Europe will be able to enjoy more choice when connecting onto our flights through Gatwick and we look forward to welcoming them on board very soon.”