Virgin Atlantic launches flights from Manchester to Las Vegas

Virgin Atlantic has announced the start of direct flights to Las Vegas from Manchester from 3 April 2011.

The twice-weekly service will operate on Thursdays and Sundays using a Boeing 747-400 aircraft. The direct link between the two cities, with scheduled flights, was lost in April 2009 when BMI pulled out of the route along with other transatlantic services including Chicago and the Caribbean.

The additional flights from Manchester mean that from April 2011, Virgin Atlantic will operate nine flights a week from the UK to Las Vegas.