Virgin Atlantic has announced new routes from their UK airports.

The airline, which is the second-largest carrier in Britain, will start new routes from London Heathrow to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Accra, Ghana.

The routes will operate from next year but will go on sale from September 12.

Virgin Atlantic will fly to King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh from March 30, 2025.

Riyadh is also home to the airline’s SkyTeam partner, Saudia. It will see the partnership offer onward connections to Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and more destinations within Saudi Arabia.

It comes as the airline will resume its flights to Canada in more than a decade to Toronto on March 30, 2025.

Meanwhile, in May 2025, the British airline founded by Richard Branson will resume flights to Ghana for the first time since 2013.

Virgin Atlantic will operate daily flights to Kotoka International Airport in Accra.

The airline said: “The UK is home to the third largest Ghanaian diaspora in the world and the new service will respond to demand to visit friends and relatives.

“Around 10 percent of customers are also expected to connect through London onto Virgin Atlantic’s New York JFK service.”

The resumed route to Ghana will launch on May 1, 2025, on the aircraft Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Juha Jarvinen, chief commercial officer at Virgin Atlantic said: “Riyadh and Accra join Toronto as new routes for summer flying in 2025 and we see huge opportunities to connect friends, relatives and businesses with our new services.

“We’re also delighted to build on our codeshare with SkyTeam partner Saudia, further strengthening connectivity in the region, and beyond, and bringing new benefits to our loyal customers.

“We look forward to launching these new routes in 2025, introducing the iconic, inclusive Virgin Atlantic brand, award-winning experience and our amazing people to new customers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ghana and Toronto.”