Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9s operation plans

Earlier this week, Virgin Atlantic unveiled their first operations for their upcoming Boeing 787-9 aircraft – with the London-Boston route being earmarked as the first operation.

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9, Image – Virgin Atlantic.

Well, Airlineroute has revealed the dates. Lets take a look in detail.

London Heathrow to Boston remains the launch route, with VS11/12 taking the helm. This operates as:

VS11 DEPART LHR 17:35 ARRIVE BOS 20:55
VS12 DEPART BOS 22:10 ARRIVE LHR 09:15+1

Commences: 28th October 2014 with new equipment
Operates: Daily Operates Monday to Thursday, Saturday and Sunday with a Boeing 787-9
Operates: Friday with an Airbus A330-300
Operates: from 19th December 2014 with a Boeing 787-9 daily.

Seats are already showing in the Virgin Atlantic booking system:

Boston 787-9 flights loaded – Data Virgin Atlantic.

Next up is London Heathrow to Washington DC (Washington Dulles).  This will be operates five times a week initially, before being switched to a Boeing 787-9 daily on 23rd January 2015.

VS21 DEPART LHR 11:25 ARRIVE IAD 15:00
VS22 DEPART IAD 19:15 ARRIVE LHR 07:35+1

Commences: 17th December 2014 with new equipment
Operates: Daily Operates Monday to Thursday and  Sunday with a Boeing 787-9
Operates: Friday and Saturday with an Airbus A330-300
Operates: from 23rd January 2015 with a Boeing 787-9 daily.

Again, these flights are loaded in the Virgin booking system

Finally, New York will get a service, with London Heathrow to New York JFK , taking over the VS03/VS04 flight pair from 28th February 2015.

VS03 DEPART LHR 08:25 ARRIVE JFK 15:00
VS04 DEPART JFK 18:30 ARRIVE LHR 06:50+1

Commences: 28th February 2015 with new equipment
Operates: Daily
Booked Equipment: Boeing 787-9

And yes, it’s bookable via the Virgin Atlantic website

The planes will be configured in a Virgin Atlantic Three Class configuration with:

• 30 Upper Class Seats
• 21 Premium Economy Seats in a 2-3-2 formation
• 174 Economy Class Seats in 3-3-3 formation

Booking for these flights to Boston, Washington-IAD and New York-JFK with the Boeing 787-9 is open on the Virgin Atlantic site, and seem to be showing in the various booking systems.

However, like all new operations, actually sitting aboard a 787-9 could be subject to change if deliveries slow, or if there are other issues that prevent deliveries to the airline.

As usual, plan accordingly.