Virgin Atlantic is celebrating ten years of operating flights to the Caribbean and is to mark the anniversary by hosting a 10-day music festival in Barbados from 30 October.
The Richard Branson-owned airline launched its services to the Caribbean back in September 1998, with flights from London Gatwick to Barbados, St Lucia and Antigua .
In the ten years since, the UK carrier has gradually expanded its Caribbean network with the launch of new flights from London to Grenada and Tobago in 2003 and Cuba in 2005, followed by services to Montego Bay and Kingston in Jamaica in 2006 and 2007 respectively.
In addition to its Gatwick services, the airline has also been flying passengers from Manchester to Barbados since November 2005 and to St Lucia since 2006.
Virgin Atlantic chief executive Steve Ridgway said: "Since we started flying to the Caribbean in 1998, we have carried over 4 million British holidaymakers who love the combined appeal of the beautiful beaches and year-round sunshine the Caribbean has to offer ."
"The Caribbean is an important market for us and we are now the biggest operator to the region having added more Caribbean destinations, flying from Gatwick and Manchester to eight destinations on seven islands," he added.
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