VIRGIN ATLANTIC LAUNCHES ROUND-THE-WORLD FARES

• Virgin Atlantic launches £1239 round-the-world airfare
• V Australia launch completes missing link in Virgin network
• Sir Richard Branson travelling around the world in 8 days on global tour

 Virgin Atlantic, one of the world’s leading long haul airlines, has launched new round-the-world fares from London Heathrow. 

 Passengers will be offered two ticket options for their round-the-world trip – ‘Virgin Global East’ and ‘Virgin Global West’.  The ‘Virgin Global East’ option takes passengers from Heathrow to Hong Kong and then onto Sydney with Virgin Atlantic, from Sydney to Los Angeles with V Australia, returning from Los Angeles to London with Virgin Atlantic.   The ‘Virgin Global West’ option takes passengers from London Heathrow to Los Angeles with Virgin Atlantic, then onto Sydney with V Australia, from Sydney to Hong Kong and then back to London with Virgin Atlantic.

The launch of the new fares coincide with Sir Richard Branson’s ‘Round the world in 8 days’ tour, celebrating the 25th birthday of Virgin Atlantic and the launch of V Australia on Friday, 27 February 2009. 

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