In August 2015, Virgin Atlantic and Jet Airways airlines expanded their code share agreement. They will now be offering new travel options from four Indian cities- Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata.
Customers can now purchase tickets from these four Indian cities, connecting to Virgin Atlantic's Delhi- London Heathrow service and vice-versa. Customers will have the convenience of having their boarding passes issued to them at the originating airport on these routes, regardless of whether the traveller started their journey in India or the UK.
During his third leg of a three-city visit to India on 10th September, Rt. Hon Lord Francis Maude of Horsham, the UK's Minister of State for Trade and Investment, welcomed a code-share agreement between the two airlines.
Lord Maude said, “This partnership between prominent British and Indian airlines will help ease air travel for thousands of passengers, improving connectivity between the UK and four major Indian cities. It is an excellent example of strengthening ties between our two countries and embodies the spirit of out 'GREAT for Collaboration' campaign, which celebrates great British and Indian companies working together for mutual benefit.”
