Our awards

• 25th Annual Welsh Contact Centre Awards
  • Large Customer Centre of the Year
  • Which? Small / Medium Customer Centre of the Year
• USA Today's Reader's Choice Awards 
  • Vera placed Top 10 in best inflight entertainment
• Business Travel Awards Europe
  • Achievement in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Travel Partner of the Year - Long-Haul Airline
• PR Week UK Awards
  • Best Integrated Campaign for our Be Yourself campaign and gender-neutral uniforms
• 2023 World Travel Awards
  • Best Economy Cabin in Europe
• The Sun Travel Awards
  • Best Long-Haul Operator
• The Business Traveller Awards
  
  • Best Premium Economy Class
• The Times and Sunday Times Travel Awards
  • Editor's Choice Award from Claire Irvin
• APEX Official Airline Ratings
  • 5* Global Airline Rating for the 7th year running (the only British airline to have achieved this milestone)
• APEX Passenger Choice Awards 
  • Best Airline in Europe (3rd year in a row)
• Skytrax World Airline Awards
  • Best Business Class in Europe
  • Best Premium Economy in Europe
  • Most Family Friendly Airline in Europe
• IATA Diversity & Inclusion Awards
  • Diversity & Inclusion Team
• Provoke's Sabre EMEA Awards
  • Gender Identity Campaign won Superior Achievement in Brand Building, and Superior Achievement in Measurement and Evaluation
• Burberry British Diversity Awards
  • Passport to Change programme won Social Mobility Initiative of the Year
• Burberry British Diversity Awards
  • Virgin Atlantic's Gender Identity Policy Campaign won Marketing Campaign of the Year
• Travel Weekly UK Globe Travel Awards
  • Best Long-Haul Airline

• Skytrax World Airline Awards
  • World's Best Business Class Lounge
  • World's Best Premium Economy Class
• Newsweek
  • Ranked numer one in the UK's Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces
• APEX Official Airline Ratings
  • 5* Global Airline Rating for the 6th year running (making us the only British airline to have achieved this milestone)
• APEX/IFSA
  • Best Product or Service for 'The Booth', our social space flying on the Airbus A350 leisure configuration
• APEX Passenger Choice Award
  • Best Overall Airline in Europe
• Disability Confident
  • Awarded the next level of the Disability Confident accreditation
• Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative Awards
  
  • Best Inclusive Recruitment Campaign
  • Greatest Impact Award
    
• Gay Travel Awards
  • Winner in the airline category

Virgin Atlantic has received a 5* Global Airline Rating in the 2021 APEX Official Airline Ratings for the 4th year running. This makes us the only British airline to have achieved this amazing milestone. Over the past year, APEX certified nearly one million flights rated by passengers across more than 600 airlines from around the world – and we're delighted to say we came out on top!