Transatlantic partners moving to new LHR premises
Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo are to move into the new purpose-built Dnata City East at London Heathrow airport. Scheduled for H2/2019, the move supports the airlines’ growing cargo businesses, enhances their transatlantic partnership for customers and future-proofs the joint venture’s position in the UK market by doubling the size of their cargo footprint at the airport to 31,100 sqm.
Customers are to benefit from greater automation and faster truck and cargo handling times.
Virgin and Delta’s cargo operations have been aligned under one roof in the UK since 2016, and the partners share cargo facilities at major US gateways, notably Atlanta GA, Boston MA, Miami FL, New York, Orlando FL, and Washington Dulles with the objective to create an enhanced customer proposition on both sides of the Atlantic. (ah)