Virgin Atlantic to open weekly Puerto Rican link

Virgin Atlantic Airways is to open a new service to the Caribbean destination of Puerto Rico from November.

The weekly link from London Gatwick will operate to San Juan via its current Antigua stop.

Virgin Atlantic says it will introduce the flights on 7 November and they will initially operate until 24 April 2010.

It will use three-class Boeing 747-400 aircraft on the route, configured with 451 seats.

Virgin Atlantic also serves Barbados, St Lucia, Grenada, Tobago, Havana and Jamaica.