15/03/2022
Start of normality….
Virgin Atlantic restrictions & onboard mask update – 15 Mar 2022
The UK Transport Secretary has confirmed the removal of all remaining UK travel restrictions, including the Passenger Locator Form from 04:00 on Friday 18 March. This is the final important step towards frictionless air travel, helping to further restore consumer confidence as we welcome more customers back to the skies this Spring and Summer. With these barriers to travel removed, Britain is open for business and passengers can reconnect with loved ones and business colleagues once again.
Update to our onboard face mask policy
As we learn to live with Covid-19, and with the legal requirement to wear a face mask now removed in England, at some airports and on certain routes, it will now be customers’ personal choice to wear a face mask. The mask rules that apply will depend on the route you’re flying, because requirements differ by market. Customers may also still be asked to wear a mask when boarding or disembarking flights, according to the regulations of the departure or arrival airport or destination country.
This policy is being introduced gradually – both for customers and crew – and only on routes where international regulations around mask-wearing do not apply, beginning with our Caribbean services from London Heathrow and Manchester airports. We encourage everyone to be respectful of fellow passengers’ mask preferences, with masks still available for those wishing to wear them.
Routes where face masks onboard are a personal choice:
Services to or from Barbados, St Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, The Bahamas, Jamaica, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago.