Notifications and Alerts

Find out our UK Contact Centre opening hours for the 06th May 2024 bank holiday here.

Our UK and South Africa Contact Centre opening times will be changing for the bank holiday weekend

Please find our adjusted hours for Friday 29th March to Monday 1st April here.

Our 2024 summer flight schedule is live from 31st March. View our full range of flights, now with more capacity to the USA and our new route to Bengaluru

Click here to view

As of 29th February 2024, the UAE National Advance Information Center (NAIC) requires 6-digit HS codes on MAWB and HAWB level for all goods being imported into, exported from, or transiting through the United Arab Emirates. For more information please click here.

After careful consideration, we have taken the difficult decision to extend our pause on flying to and from Tel Aviv up to and including 4^th September 2024.

Click here to view our Service Disruption page  

Find out our US Contact Centre opening hours for the 23rd November 2023 Thanksgiving holiday here.

We’re adding three new destinations to our network this Winter

 
From October, we’ll be launching 2 brand new routes and welcoming back our winter seasonal service to Cape Town with our new ground-handling partner, Menzies Aviation. 
 
Malé commences with three weekly services from 22nd October, followed by daily flights to Cape Town from 29th October and four weekly services to Dubai from 30th October.

Check out our full Winter schedule here

The Delhi government has issued a notification for public holiday on the 8^th, 9^th  and 10^th September  in view of the G-20 Summit scheduled to be held in the national capital. Please allow for additional clearance time over these dates for shipments to DEL. 

Find out our US Contact Centre opening hours for the 04th September 2023 Labor day holiday here.

Find out our UK Contact Centre opening hours for the 28th August 2023 bank holiday here.

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has announced a Sustainable Aviation Fuel Certificate (SAFc) programme, designed to help freight forwarders and shippers manage their carbon emissions whilst demonstrating joint commitment to scaling the SAF industry. Click here to find our full press release.

Find out our US Contact Centre opening hours for the July 4th 2023 bank holiday here.

myVS will be unavailable between 00.30 – 04.30 on 5th June (GMT) whilst we carry out planned maintenance.

During this time you won’t be able to track your shipment or make / modify bookings online. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you, but rest assured your shipments are still moving as planned.

Find out our UK and US Contact Centre opening hours for the May 2023 bank holidays here.

Search & Track will be unavailable between 23.00 28th March – 06.00 29th March (GMT) whilst we carry out planned maintenance. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you, but rest assured your shipments are still moving as planned.

Click here to view our contact centre opening hours over the Easter holidays.

We're excited to launch our new flight schedule for summer 2023.

Click here to view our summer 2023 schedule and discover where we can take your cargo.

Click here to read our latest news article on the Import Control System 2 (ICS2), which is now in place for cargo arriving into the EU via air.

We are currently monitoring Tropical Storm Nicole, which is currently tracking towards the Bahamas and expected to be upgraded to a Hurricane by the time it makes landfall in Florida Wednesday evening.

Flights to and from Montego Bay, Miami and Tampa are planned to operate as scheduled.

Based on the currently forecast winds, we are still planning to operate Wednesday’s VS107 via NAS. If the forecast gets worse, the OCC will review the situation and may decide not to stop in NAS.

We recommend that you regularly check our website for updates as we continue to evaluate the weather.

Following the close monitoring of forecasted weather and discussions with airport authorities, Orlando Airport have confirmed that they will close the airport on Wednesday 9th & Thursday 10th November, which unfortunately means the following flights will be cancelled:

Wednesday 9th November

• VS75 Manchester – Orlando
• VS91 London Heathrow – Orlando
• VS76 Orlando – Manchester
• VS92 Orlando – London Heathrow

Thursday 10th November

• VS75 Manchester – Orlando
• VS91 London Heathrow – Orlando
• VS76 Orlando – Manchester
• VS92 Orlando – London Heathrow

What if I have a shipment booked on an affected flight?

To limit impact to our customers, we have re-routed onforwarding shipments via alternative gateways. Shipments originating or terminating in Orlando have been rolled to the next scheduled flights on 11th November.

We have added the following additional services between 11th - 13th November:

Please check back regularly for any updates. Thank you.

Alliance Ground International (AGI), our ground handling partners in Orlando, are not operating on Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th September due to the impact of Hurricane Ian.

As a result, we will unfortunately not be flying cargo to and from Orlando on these days.

Any customers who have been impacted by these cancellations will be contacted directly, and we apologise for any inconvenience caused. We’d like to thank our customers for their patience and understanding.

Please check back regularly for any updates. Thank you.