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Virgin to Offer First Flights to Austin in Challenge to British Airways 

Virgin to Offer First Flights to Austin in Challenge to British Airways 

Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. will offer its first-ever flights to Austin, Texas, expanding its U.S. network in a challenge to British Airways.

Virgin will serve the state capital four times weekly starting May 25 with its fleet of Boeing Co. 787 wide-body jets, the Crawley, England-based carrier said in a statement Monday.

Airlines are swelling their timetables in a bet that the coronavirus pandemic that’s hammered global travel will finally begin to wane in 2022. Virgin has never previously flown London-Austin, a route pioneered by IAG AG-owned BA in 2017 and reopened in October after a 17-month gap.

The service will be Virgin Atlantic’s first new route to the U.S. since 2015.

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