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We wanted to do a little research on flights from London to Orlando comparing the two major air passenger carriers, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. As the buzz builds for the opening day of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios, international airline traffic is also on the rise to the Orlando airports.

The plethora of direct international flight service to Orlando Florida now make travelling to the city much easier. Staying in a comfortable flat will fully complement your vacation stay.

In fact, despite the slump in domestic air traffic, international passenger traffic to Orlando actually increased 11% in 2009. Flights from London to Orlando are an important part of the city’s overall tourist volume. Let’s look at two major carriers, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, based on their air schedules to Florida.

British Airways vs. Virgin Atlantic

Flight Comparison

Cheap Flights on to Orlando Florida

Flights Per Day – Bristish Airways (1), Virgin Atlantic (5); Advantage: Virgin Atlantic
Levels of Service – Bristish Airways (3), Virgin Atlantic (3); Draw
Departure Locations in London – British Airways (1), Virgin Atlantic (2); Advantage: Virgin Atlantic
Skytrax Airline Quality Rating – British Airways (Four Stars), Virgin Atlantic (Four Stars): Draw

As you can see, both British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have excellent airline service ratings and multiple levels of service for the London to Orlando flights. However, Virgin Atlantic does edge British Airways based upon the number of flights per day and the availability of flight service schedules from two different London airports, Gatwick and Heathrow. Flights to Orlando from Gatwick are always in demand. Since discount airfare pricing is quite dynamic, we’ll let the prospective traveller do their own due diligence to determine rate comparisons.

Regardless of which airline you choose, Orlando vacation villa rentals provide the best value for your vacation in Central Florida. Vacation villa homes in Orlando provide a variety of amenities and choices in location, price and quality. For reviews on over 80 vacation rental communities in the area, please consult the main page of this website.

Source: All figures are based on a review of the www.britishairways.com and www.virginatlantic.com airline websites. Please read the general disclaimer on our website for more information.

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We have been closely following developments as it relates to the Sunrail passenger schedule and the Orlando high speed rail plan. Kissimmee and South Poinciana are slated for stops on the commuter rail system. Curiously and to our selfish disappointment, the International Drive corridor, the Orlando International Airport, and such attractions as Disney World are not part of the existing Sunrail commuter rail plan.

We enthusiastically applaude efforts to improve the transportation infrastructure in Central Florida. However, there is great local disagreement on local demand for the new $4 billion rail system and the central focus on connecting Orlando and Tampa by high speed rail. Why are more efforts not being placed on adding more tourist connections such as those mentioned above to the plan? Perhaps we will learn more in the coming weeks and months.

Connecting the South Poinciana station and other tourist stops to Disney would be a huge success in our opinion. Disney cast members alone would provide thousands of additional daily passengers and would be a real boon to the industry. The inside buzz seems to be that government officials are banking on Disney funding this type of Sunrail expansion with private money. Although tourist passenger revenues and park employees would be a fraction of total system usage, this overall new programme could be the financial core of the whole system that reduces taxpayer funded operational deficits in other areas.

Nevertheless and selfishly speaking, Orlando vacation rental guests would also benefit greatly from such added passenger rail connections to Disney, I-Drive and the airport to the South Poinciana and Kissimmee Stations. Most of our international visitors are very familiar with travelling in this manner and the adoption rate would be quite high. International visitors to Orlando also spend the highest amount locally per capita. Let our government leaders reconsider a revised schedule that will add more tourist attraction related stops to the Sunrail passsenger rail system. For a direct link to the Sunrail website, please click here.