Virgin Atlantic and bmi are to expand their existing codeshare agreement so that customers travelling on bmi’s UK domestic and Middle East networks can benefit from seamless connections with Virgin Atlantic’s North American services.

With immediate effect, passengers can book with Virgin Atlantic to travel on the following routes, connecting at London Heathrow airport with bmi flights:

• New York JFK to/from Amman, Beirut, Tel Aviv and Tehran
• Newark to/from Amman, Beirut and Tel Aviv
• Boston to/from Amman and Beirut
• Los Angeles to/from Tehran

Additionally Virgin Atlantic customers will also be able to make bookings to travel to and from the airline’s long-haul destinations and the following airports served by bmi:

• Aberdeen
• Belfast
• Durham Tees Valley
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow
• Leeds Bradford
• Manchester

The new routes extend the existing codeshare which enables customers on Virgin Atlantic’s global network to connect easily at Heathrow onto bmi services to and from Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Hanover, Venice and Palma.

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