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Virgin Atlantic marks 10 years of Caribbean flights

29 Sep 2008

Virgin Atlantic has celebrated the tenth anniversary of launching flights to the Caribbean.

The airline's Caribbean services began in September 1998 with flights from London Gatwick to Barbados, St Lucia and Antigua.

Since then, Virgin Atlantic has continually expanded its network in the island region, with new flights from London to Grenada and Tobago in 2003 and Cuba in 2005, followed by services to the Jamaican hotspots of Montego Bay in 2006 and Kingston last year.

The airline has also been flying from Manchester to Barbados since November 2005 and to St Lucia since 2006.

Steve Ridgway, chief executive of Virgin Atlantic, said: 'Since we started flying to the Caribbean in 1998, we have carried over 4m British holidaymakers who love the combined appeal of the beautiful beaches and year-round sunshine the Caribbean has to offer.

'The Caribbean is an important market for us and we are now the biggest operator to the region having added more Caribbean destinations, flying from Gatwick and Manchester to eight destinations on seven islands.'

The airline is celebrating the tenth anniversary by hosting a ten-day music festival in Barbados from 30 October.

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