Virgin Atlantic has revealed plans to enhance its Mumbai-London (Heathrow) route by introducing a second daily direct flight, set to begin operations on October 27. This announcement follows observations of a significant increase in demand from Indian travellers heading to the UK capital.

Juha Jarvinen, chief commercial officer of Virgin Atlantic said, "The number of passengers travelling to the UK from Mumbai has substantially increased. A thousand people travel daily to the UK from Mumbai. This number will be much higher as we are not counting the connecting flights. This is the number of passengers that fly from Mumbai to the UK directly on a unidirectional journey." Jarvinen added, "On October 27, Virgin Atlantic will fly its second first flight from Mumbai to the UK, raising the total number of daily flights from one to two."