Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines have marked a decade of a transatlantic joint venture partnership.
Almost 40 million passengers have been flown jointly across the Atlantic by the two airlines since 2014.
The collaboration was enhanced in 2020 with Air France-KLM expanding the joint venture. Virgin Atlantic then joined the SkyTeam alliance last year.
Virgin and Delta now operate a joint daily schedule of up to 86 daily non-stop flights in both directions between the UK and the US – nearly 40% more than in 2014 – including up to 34 peak-time departures from Heathrow to 15 US gateways.
Virgin Atlanticcommercial executive vice presidentJuha Jarvinen said: “We said at the time: ‘great minds fly alike’ and that’s as true today as it was back then.
“Our two award-winning airlines have flown millions of customers across the Atlantic and driven forward meaningful change in service excellence and responsible travel over the last decade to deliver the best travel experience for our customers.”
DeltaEMEAI senior vice president Matteo Curcio said: “Since we brought together our two iconic brands, the partnership has gone from strength to strength thanks to a shared focus on customer service and making flying fun.
“Back in 2014, the partnership deal was a game changer for Delta enabling us to up competition on the most popular business routes between London Heathrow and the U.S offering customers greater choice, while providing Virgin Atlantic unparalleled access to Delta’s network across North America.”