Virgin Atlantic has announced plans for a pre-departure Covid-19 testing trial on selected services from Heathrow to Barbados, Antigua and Grenada.
For six weeks from December 9th, customers travelling on selected flights to Barbados (which continue onto Antigua and Grenada) will be required to take a rapid, point of care, lateral flow antigen test before they depart.
The free test will be carried out at the Collinson and Swissport Terminal 2 pre-departure testing facility, up to one hour 45 minutes before departure, with results received within 30 minutes.
Customers whose flights are included in the trial will be contacted by Virgin “in the coming days” with further information.
Those customers not wishing to take part in the trial will be offered the choice to rebook free of charge to another Virgin Atlantic flight, and where a customer tests positive they will be able to rebook free of charge or cancel their trip.
