For the first time in more than 18 months, airlines are carrying passengers from the U.K. to the U.S. And the occasion was celebrated with quite a unique event.
British Airways flight BA001—a flight number previously reserved for Concorde—and Virgin Atlantic flight VS3, both operating on A350 aircraft, departed from London’s Heathrow (EGLL) airport bound for New York’s John F. Kennedy International (KJFK) in a synchronized take-off at about 8:30 a.m. local time.
