Virgin Atlantic signs codeshare deal with IndiGo

Virgin Atlantic has introduced a brand new codeshare cope with Indian airline IndiGo to reinforce journey connections between the UK and India.

The settlement will initially permit Virgin passengers flying from London Heathrow to Delhi and Mumbai to connect with one other seven cities in India served by IndiGo. The codeshare can be additional prolonged later this yr to cowl a complete of 16 locations all through India.

The preliminary codeshare locations in India can be: Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Goa, Delhi and Mumbai. These codeshare flights may be booked by Virgin Atlantic from this week for journey after 27 September.

The second section of the method will see Virgin’s code added on IndiGo flights to Kochi, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Pune, Coimbatore, Nagpur, Vadodara, Indore and Vishakhapatnam.

Juha Jarvinen, chief business officer at Virgin Atlantic, stated: “This summer time marks our largest ever flying programme from India with three every day direct companies to London and our new partnership takes our dedication to even better heights.  

“IndiGo is India’s largest airline and its in depth community will provide Virgin Atlantic clients much more selection when travelling between the UK and India, in addition to providing seamless connections for the onward journey throughout our in depth US route community.” 

IndiGo’s CEO Ronojoy Dutta added: “This is not going to solely assist provide a seamless journey expertise from London to as many as 16 locations in India, but additionally open up worldwide commerce alternatives all through the nation by way of enhanced accessibility.”