Any flight from London to San Francisco would typically fly north out of London towards Nottingham, then northwest towards Blackpool, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland, then it would skim over the tip of Greenland, come down south-west over Canada and then into California.
10hr 45min to 10hr 55min London Heathrow (LHR) to San Francisco (SFO) by a nonstop flight operated by British Airways, United Airlines or Virgin Atlantic.
on June 22, 1984, Virgin-Atlantic Airways embarked on its maiden flight between London's Gatwick Airport and Newark, New Jersey
Virgin Atlantic is about 37 years old. The first flight of Virgin Atlantic had taken off in 1984 from MIAMI – Today in Aviation, Virgin Atlantic (VS) operated its inaugural flight from London Gatwick (LGW) to New Jersey's Newark Airport (EWR) on the Maiden Voyager, a Boeing 747-200 aircraft.
With Virgin Atlantic it is about 9 hours, 45 minutes according to their website.
It depends on the airline and route, but the Virgin Atlantic direct flight to/from Gatwick is around 8hrs 50 mins
10hr 50min London Heathrow (LHR) to Las Vegas (LAS) by a nonstop flight operated by British Airways.10hr 45min London Gatwick (LGW) to Las Vegas (LAS) by a nonstop flight operated by Virgin Atlantic.
Go to http://gc.kls2.com/ You can see the flight path goes over Northern Russia.
It was SET at Gatwick airport, London, where the first Virgin Atlantic flight ever (VS01) departed from heading for Newark. One would assume it was filmed partially here and partially in a studio.
11hr 35min to 11hr 55min London Heathrow (LHR) to Tokyo Narita (NRT) by a nonstop flight operated by ANA, British Airways or Virgin Atlantic.
22 June 1984
8hr 30min to 8hr 50min London Heathrow (LHR) to Nairobi (NBO) by a nonstop flight operated by British Airways, Kenya Airways or Virgin Atlantic.
The method of travel chosen to go from London to India dictates the price. A low cost flight from London to New Delhi is about £538 for a 14-day round-trip on Virgin Atlantic.