BA and Virgin Atlantic put aside rivalry for return of leisure flights to US
by Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent from on (#5RMGA)
First transatlantic flights since Covid travel ban in March 2020 will take off from Heathrow at same time
The UK's long-haul airlines will put the worst of the pandemic - as well as old rivalries - behind them on Monday morning, when British Airways and Virgin Atlantic take off simultaneously at Heathrow for the first transatlantic flights carrying leisure travellers to the US since Covid-19 closed borders in March 2020.
The bosses of Virgin and BA said it was a pivotal moment" for the battered industry, with both airlines having registered enormous losses and shed thousands of staff during 20 months of restricted travel.
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