Goodbye to Virgin Atlantic B747's - Queen of the Skies Tribute

As the impacts of COVID-19 continue to ripple around the world, the aviation industry has been hit hard with the cease of global travel. Many airlines have been forced to take extreme measures to mitigate these impacts, with Virgin very sadly being one of them as it tries to survive the crisis.

In an announcement yesterday, it was awful to here of the 3000+ expected job losses in addition to the reduction in fleet size which sadly see's the immediate retirement of all Virgin Atlantic's B747-400 fleet in addition to the withdrawal of operations at Gatwick airport.

Its truly shocking the scale of impacts of which COVID-19 has had to the industry in the space of just a few months. Our best wishes go to those affected by these cuts and changes and hope that the industry is able to recover in the near future.

We have compiled this short video of some of our favourite clips of numerous different Virgin 747's at Manchester throughout the last few years. Last summer Manchester saw a high frequency of Virgin 747 flights at Manchester with up to 4 flights a day. The 747 has been an integral part of Virgin's Manchester operation and we are saddened to see this iconic aircraft removed from service. It will be truly missed!

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