Could Virgin Atlantic start flying to Greece?
Stranger things have happened
It’s a weird world, isn’t it, where Taylor Swift can fly to Athens for a wedding (and uh, why are people still getting married in 2026?), the director of the FBI is giving out personalized bottles of booze…and United Airlines underwrites the transportation secretary’s reality-TV jaunt around the country with his white-privilege spawn (we wish we were kidding about that).
Would it be so odd, then, to think that America’s favourite airline for travel to the UK, Virgin Atlantic, might someday offer non-stop flights from the U.S. to Athens? Emirates does it, after all.
We recently flew on Virgin Atlantic and here’s what we loved about it: The plane felt clean and fresh. The service was always friendly, not forced the way it often is on many American airlines. The food was good and we were never hungry. True, we sat part of the time in the Premium cabin and were pampered a bit more, but things were pretty good back in Economy too.
Virgin Atlantic’s new Spring/Summer 2026 menu highlights modern British flavors and regional twists, including dishes like buttermilk chicken burgers and sticky toffee pudding in Upper Class, and truffle macaroni cheese in Premium. Economy passengers can enjoy favorites like mid-flight pizza and a refreshed Mile High Tea. “Our new menu is as bold and vibrant as the destinations we fly to,” said Virgin Atlantic.
Premium customers are treated to British classics like dill-roasted salmon, and Economy offers chicken with lemon and herb crème fraiche. Like Upper Class customers, those sitting in Premium can partake of a range of drinks and snacks throughout the flight at the Wander Wall snack bar, not just at designated meal times. By the way, true to its record-store roots, Virgin Atlantic has the best IFE (in-flight entertainment system) of any airline we’ve recently flown: lots of music and movie options.
West Coasters will appreciate that starting in May, Virgin Atlantic will be using its 335-seat Airbus A350-1000 on Flight 19 from SFO to London’s Heathrow airport. This newer aircraft features a spruced up Upper Class cabin that we hear features window-facing seating, nice modern lighting, retractable privacy screens, extra storage, an 18.5-inch touchscreen and access to The Loft , a swanky social space on board. Your seat here converts into an actually comfortable airborne bed that extends to six feet seven inches — pretty nifty for those who want to catch some high altitude Z’s.
Right now Virgin Atlantic unfortunately has no plans to offer flights from American cities to Athens, but we unreserveredly recommend the airline for flights to London. From there it’s only about three and half hours to Athens using the connecting airline of your choice (which we wish could be Virgin).
Visit virginatlantic.com and book that trip to Athens — oops, London — today.
