US lifts restrictions and opens borders to fully vaccinated travelers

To celebrate the reopening, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic scheduled two flights to take off simultaneously from London to New York.

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 48 words · Joseph Miller

Both airlines also took to Twitter to celebrate the occasion.

Virgin Atlantic posted a new US-themed cocktail it callsFly With Me.

British Airways shared pictures of the flight’s takeoff and exclaimed, “The day is finally here!”

Were so close to the US opening we can almost touch it!