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title: "Virgin Atlantic starts a London Heathrow to Phuket non-stop for the winter"
description: "Three flights a week until 26 March 2027, the first arriving in Phuket on 19 October."
url: https://bestofthailand.org/news/virgin-atlantic-london-phuket-nonstop
locale: en
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# Virgin Atlantic starts a London Heathrow to Phuket non-stop for the winter

Travel · October 19, 2026

[By Cesar Rodriguez](https://bestofthailand.org/author)Updated 19 October 2026

Three flights a week until 26 March 2027, the first arriving in Phuket on 19 October.

![Virgin Atlantic starts a London Heathrow to Phuket non-stop for the winter](https://bestofthailand.org/images/news-travel.jpg)

Virgin Atlantic flight VS214 landed in Phuket on 19 October 2026, the first of a seasonal non-stop service from London Heathrow that runs until 26 March 2027.

Flights leave Heathrow on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 15:45 and land in Phuket at 09:55 the next day. The return leaves Phuket on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 11:45 and reaches Heathrow at 19:25.

It adds to the 21 weekly Heathrow to Bangkok flights that Thai Airways and EVA Air operate between them, and to the seasonal British Airways, TUI and Norse Atlantic services from Gatwick and Manchester.

Source: [TAT Newsroom](https://www.tatnews.org/2026/10/tat-welcomes-virgin-atlantic-inaugural-london-heathrow-phuket-flight/). Summary written by Best of Thailand; read the original for the full report.

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