CHICAGO, May 7, 2012 - Virgin Atlantic today re-started its seasonal service between Chicago O'Hare and London Heathrow International Airports. Virgin Atlantic is now operating four flights a week from Chicago to London on an A340-600 aircraft.

The service will increase to daily flights between Chicago and London on Friday, May 18 and will continue till October 14, 2012. The daily flights will arrive at O'Hare at 1:55 p.m. and depart from O'Hare at 6 p.m. The gauge of the aircraft flown will change to an A330 during the last month of seasonal service.

Virgin Atlantic will operate from O'Hare International Terminal 5. Virgin Atlantic initially began service between Chicago O'Hare and London Heathrow in April 2007.