Virgin Atlantic have confirmed the success of it’s London Heathrow to Accra, Ghana route with the addition an extra rotation, taking it to 4 services week for the peak Christmas Period (11/12/10 to 09/01/11).
However, it seems a lack of slots is preventing the growth of the route further as Virgin wishes to increase the frequency permanently – but with capacity stretched at Heathrow, this may take some time.
According to Virgin, loads have been high (in terms of passengers), citing it to be a popular destination – although it has not been disclosed if the yield (amount earned per passenger) is of value.
Although anything like this will just lead to Virgin bleating it hasn’t got enough slots and needs more capcity at Heathrow – to which Virgin has to remember the answer to that is simple: Gatwick…..
