Virgin Atlantic joins SkyTeam

Virgin Atlantic Silver Card members might be acknowledged as SkyTeam Elite Members from subsequent 12 months, and Gold Card members as Elite Plus. The precise date on which the British airline will be part of just isn’t but recognized, solely that will probably be someday in early 2023.

The entry just isn’t very shocking: the airline already has a transatlantic three way partnership with Delta and Air France-KLM, and Delta – the most important and strongest airline inside SkyTeam – owns 49 p.c of the shares in Virgin Atlantic.

The British supply intercontinental flights from London and Manchester, primarily to locations in the US, South Africa, South Asia and the Caribbean. The fleet consists of 36 plane: ten Airbus A330s, 9 A350s and seventeen Boeing 787s.