Virgin Atlantic’s President Sir Richard Branson to Visit Cancun for the Inaugural Flight Cancun-London

Virgin Atlantic’s President Sir Richard Branson to Visit Cancun for the Inaugural Flight Cancun-London

On July 6, British airline Virgin Atlantic’s president Sir Richard Branson is planning to visit Cancun, Mexico, to celebrate the inaugural flight between Cancun and London’s Gatwick airport. This new flight is part of the airline’s expansion into the Caribbean. The long-haul airline “now flies twice-weekly to Cancun with 451-seats on the 747-000 aircraft,” as reported by the anna.aero online site. This new flight also comes as a response to the competing airline British Airways as it already has three flights a week, and leisure airlines Thomson Airways and Thomas Cook with five and two weekly flights, respectively. 

Sir Richard Branson comments about his new flight, “Cancun is one of the top five long-haul leisure destinations for UK travelers, so we are delighted to be able to add this route to network.  This route launch further cements our position as the UK’s leading long haul leisure airline.”

Mexico is not foreign to Sir Richard. In mid last year, he was found swimming with over 300 whale sharks in the coasts of Cancun in order to raise awareness for the specie’s growing risk of extinction. Check out our article from back then.