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Virgin Atlantic Takes Off For Seoul With Its 787-9s In 2026

Virgin Atlantic has announced that next year, March 2026, it will begin daily flights to Seoul Incheon in South Korea. …

Virgin Atlantic was offered as the remedy taker to alleviate the UK’s concerns about competition on flights between London-Heathrow and Seoul.

In 2021, Lufthansa used the Airbus A350-900 to connect Frankfurt with Denver and Seattle.

The carrier will be the fourth one serving this competitive transpacific corridor.

Asiana Airlines last served flights between Seoul-Incheon and New York-JFK with the type in October 2019.

They will be among the world’s shortest A380 routes this year.

The Korean flag carrier deploys the Airbus A350 on a wide variety of routes from its hub at Seoul Incheon International Airport.

There are more than 1,100 flights each way between the US and South Korea in December 2024.

Portland has not had direct service to any Asian destination since February 2020.

The group will reposition Airbus A330 widebodies from the Hawaiian Airlines fleet to Seattle for the new flights next year.