Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Atlantic Airways is a United Kingdom long-haul carrier (IATA code VS) based at London Heathrow and Manchester, operating a transatlantic joint venture with Delta Air Lines, Air France-KLM and SkyTeam, and a SkyTeam member since 2023. In the distribution chain it sits as an airline supplier that reaches travel sellers through three routes at once - the legacy GDSs (Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport, all under renewed multi-year content agreements), its own IATA NDC direct connect, and its own consumer channels. Its API posture is distribution-only and honestly gated. Virgin Atlantic publishes no consumer, flight-status or loyalty API, and no OpenAPI or machine-readable API description of any kind. What it does publish, openly and without a login, is the VS NDC Connect portal at ndc.virginatlantic.com - full request and response reference documentation for twelve IATA NDC 21.3 messages, XML samples, workflow diagrams, a certification programme, and downloadable IATA NDC 21.3.3 XSD schema assets. The contract itself is the IATA NDC standard rather than a Virgin-specific shape, but getting a key is not self-serve - production access requires valid IATA accreditation and Virgin Atlantic ticketing authority (or a service-provider connection), a signed Technical User Agreement, Data Processing Agreement and Agency Sales Agreement, and at minimum RED tier certification. There is no bulk export operation and no published base URL - public docs, accreditation required, no exit path.

Virgin Atlantic publishes 12 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Travel, United Kingdom, Aviation, Airline, and Distribution.

The Virgin Atlantic catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Virgin Atlantic’s developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, API reference, signup flow, authentication, getting-started guide, changelog, and 29 more developer resources.

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Composite quality — 39.6/100 · thin
Contract Quality 5.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 13.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 6.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.8 / 13
Governance 1.6 / 12
Discoverability 8.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 35/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 6 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 12

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Virgin Atlantic NDC AirShopping API

IATA NDC 21.3 AirShopping message. Flight shopping and availability search returning Virgin Atlantic offers, including calendar and multi-city itineraries. Documented publicly o...

Virgin Atlantic NDC OfferPrice API

IATA NDC 21.3 OfferPrice message. Prices a selected offer and returns the firm, bookable price with applicable rules before an order is created.

Virgin Atlantic NDC OrderCreate API

IATA NDC 21.3 OrderCreate message. Creates the Virgin Atlantic Order and PNR from a priced offer, including passenger details and form of payment, and returns an OrderView respo...

Virgin Atlantic NDC SeatAvailability API

IATA NDC 21.3 SeatAvailability message. Returns the seat map and seat pricing for an offer or an existing order.

Virgin Atlantic NDC ServiceList API

IATA NDC 21.3 ServiceList message. Returns the ancillary services available against an offer or an order, such as bags and paid services.

Virgin Atlantic NDC OrderRetrieve API

IATA NDC 21.3 OrderRetrieve message. Retrieves a single Virgin Atlantic Order by order identifier or PNR record locator and returns an OrderView response.

Virgin Atlantic NDC OrderReshop API

IATA NDC 21.3 OrderReshop message. Searches for alternative offers against an existing order, used for voluntary date and time changes and passenger servicing.

Virgin Atlantic NDC OrderQuote API

IATA NDC 21.3 OrderQuote message. Quotes the price of a proposed change to an existing order, including requote and confirm of a held booking.

Virgin Atlantic NDC OrderChange API

IATA NDC 21.3 OrderChange message. Applies changes to an existing order - APIS information amendment, name correction, split order, post-sale seat and service purchase, and volu...

Virgin Atlantic NDC OrderChangeNotif API

IATA NDC 21.3 OrderChangeNotif message. Notifies the seller of airline-initiated changes to an order, such as schedule changes.

Virgin Atlantic NDC OrderList API

IATA NDC 21.3 OrderList message. Returns a list of orders matching search criteria for the authenticated seller.

Virgin Atlantic NDC OrderHistory API

IATA NDC 21.3 OrderHistory message. Returns the change history of an order. This is the closest thing Virgin Atlantic publishes to a data-retrieval operation; it is per-order an...

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Event Specifications 1

AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.

Virgin Atlantic Orderchangenotif Webhooks

ASYNCAPI

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Virgin Atlantic Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Virgin Atlantic Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 6

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 SignUp
SignUp
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted
 Sandbox
Sandbox
 Sandbox
Sandbox

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference
 XMLSchema
XMLSchema

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgentSkill
AgentSkill
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 7

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 DataModel
DataModel
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary
 Webhooks
Webhooks
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conformance
Conformance

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Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Examples
Examples
 Packages
Packages

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 Authentication
Authentication
 Certification
Certification
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 5

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Roadmap
Roadmap
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog
 Support
Support
 FAQ
FAQ

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 Privacy
Privacy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Policy
Policy
 Policy
Policy
 Policy
Policy

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: virgin-atlantic
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/virgin-atlantic/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Virgin Atlantic
kind: company
description: Virgin Atlantic Airways is a United Kingdom long-haul carrier (IATA code VS) based at London Heathrow and Manchester,
  operating a transatlantic joint venture with Delta Air Lines, Air France-KLM and SkyTeam, and a SkyTeam member since 2023.
  In the distribution chain it sits as an airline supplier that reaches travel sellers through three routes at once - the
  legacy GDSs (Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport, all under renewed multi-year content agreements), its own IATA NDC direct connect,
  and its own consumer channels. Its API posture is distribution-only and honestly gated. Virgin Atlantic publishes no consumer,
  flight-status or loyalty API, and no OpenAPI or machine-readable API description of any kind. What it does publish, openly
  and without a login, is the VS NDC Connect portal at ndc.virginatlantic.com - full request and response reference documentation
  for twelve IATA NDC 21.3 messages, XML samples, workflow diagrams, a certification programme, and downloadable IATA NDC
  21.3.3 XSD schema assets. The contract itself is the IATA NDC standard rather than a Virgin-specific shape, but getting
  a key is not self-serve - production access requires valid IATA accreditation and Virgin Atlantic ticketing authority (or
  a service-provider connection), a signed Technical User Agreement, Data Processing Agreement and Agency Sales Agreement,
  and at minimum RED tier certification. There is no bulk export operation and no published base URL - public docs, accreditation
  required, no exit path.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: approval
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Accreditation required · Application approval
  confidence: high
  source:
  - https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/help/how-to-access-ndc-apis
  - https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/certification
  generated: '2026-07-28'
  method: manual
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Travel
- United Kingdom
- Aviation
- Airline
- Distribution
- NDC
- Booking
- GDS
created: '2026-07-28'
modified: '2026-07-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: virgin-atlantic:virgin-atlantic-ndc-airshopping-api
  name: Virgin Atlantic NDC AirShopping API
  description: IATA NDC 21.3 AirShopping message. Flight shopping and availability search returning Virgin Atlantic offers,
    including calendar and multi-city itineraries. Documented publicly on VS NDC Connect; no base URL is published and a production
    key requires IATA accreditation plus certification.
  humanURL: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/airshopping
  tags:
  - NDC
  - Shopping
  - Offers
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/airshopping
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/airshopping/rq
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/airshopping/rs
  - type: Examples
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/airshopping/samples
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_AirShoppingRQ.xsd
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_AirShoppingRS.xsd
- aid: virgin-atlantic:virgin-atlantic-ndc-offerprice-api
  name: Virgin Atlantic NDC OfferPrice API
  description: IATA NDC 21.3 OfferPrice message. Prices a selected offer and returns the firm, bookable price with applicable
    rules before an order is created.
  humanURL: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/offerprice
  tags:
  - NDC
  - Pricing
  - Offers
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/offerprice
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/offerprice/rq
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/offerprice/rs
  - type: Examples
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/offerprice/samples
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_OfferPriceRQ.xsd
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_OfferPriceRS.xsd
- aid: virgin-atlantic:virgin-atlantic-ndc-ordercreate-api
  name: Virgin Atlantic NDC OrderCreate API
  description: IATA NDC 21.3 OrderCreate message. Creates the Virgin Atlantic Order and PNR from a priced offer, including
    passenger details and form of payment, and returns an OrderView response.
  humanURL: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/ordercreate
  tags:
  - NDC
  - Orders
  - Booking
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/ordercreate
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/ordercreate/rq
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/ordercreate/rs
  - type: Examples
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/ordercreate/samples
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_OrderCreateRQ.xsd
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_OrderViewRS.xsd
- aid: virgin-atlantic:virgin-atlantic-ndc-seatavailability-api
  name: Virgin Atlantic NDC SeatAvailability API
  description: IATA NDC 21.3 SeatAvailability message. Returns the seat map and seat pricing for an offer or an existing order.
  humanURL: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/seatavailability
  tags:
  - NDC
  - Seats
  - Ancillaries
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/seatavailability
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/seatavailability/rq
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/seatavailability/rs
  - type: Examples
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/seatavailability/samples
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_SeatAvailabilityRQ.xsd
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_SeatAvailabilityRS.xsd
- aid: virgin-atlantic:virgin-atlantic-ndc-servicelist-api
  name: Virgin Atlantic NDC ServiceList API
  description: IATA NDC 21.3 ServiceList message. Returns the ancillary services available against an offer or an order, such
    as bags and paid services.
  humanURL: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/servicelist
  tags:
  - NDC
  - Ancillaries
  - Services
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/servicelist
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/servicelist/rq
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/servicelist/rs
  - type: Examples
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/servicelist/samples
- aid: virgin-atlantic:virgin-atlantic-ndc-orderretrieve-api
  name: Virgin Atlantic NDC OrderRetrieve API
  description: IATA NDC 21.3 OrderRetrieve message. Retrieves a single Virgin Atlantic Order by order identifier or PNR record
    locator and returns an OrderView response.
  humanURL: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderretrieve
  tags:
  - NDC
  - Orders
  - Servicing
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderretrieve
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderretrieve/rq
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderretrieve/rs
  - type: Examples
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderretrieve/samples
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_OrderRetrieveRQ.xsd
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_OrderViewRS.xsd
- aid: virgin-atlantic:virgin-atlantic-ndc-orderreshop-api
  name: Virgin Atlantic NDC OrderReshop API
  description: IATA NDC 21.3 OrderReshop message. Searches for alternative offers against an existing order, used for voluntary
    date and time changes and passenger servicing.
  humanURL: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderreshop
  tags:
  - NDC
  - Servicing
  - Changes
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderreshop
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderreshop/rq
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderreshop/rs
  - type: Examples
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderreshop/samples
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_OrderReshopRQ.xsd
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_OrderReshopRS.xsd
- aid: virgin-atlantic:virgin-atlantic-ndc-orderquote-api
  name: Virgin Atlantic NDC OrderQuote API
  description: IATA NDC 21.3 OrderQuote message. Quotes the price of a proposed change to an existing order, including requote
    and confirm of a held booking.
  humanURL: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderquote
  tags:
  - NDC
  - Pricing
  - Changes
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderquote
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderquote/rq
  - type: Examples
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderquote/samples
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_OrderQuoteRQ.xsd
- aid: virgin-atlantic:virgin-atlantic-ndc-orderchange-api
  name: Virgin Atlantic NDC OrderChange API
  description: IATA NDC 21.3 OrderChange message. Applies changes to an existing order - APIS information amendment, name
    correction, split order, post-sale seat and service purchase, and voluntary cancellation.
  humanURL: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderchange
  tags:
  - NDC
  - Orders
  - Servicing
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderchange
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderchange/rq
  - type: Examples
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderchange/samples
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_OrderChangeRQ.xsd
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_OrderViewRS.xsd
- aid: virgin-atlantic:virgin-atlantic-ndc-orderchangenotif-api
  name: Virgin Atlantic NDC OrderChangeNotif API
  description: IATA NDC 21.3 OrderChangeNotif message. Notifies the seller of airline-initiated changes to an order, such
    as schedule changes.
  humanURL: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderchangenotif
  tags:
  - NDC
  - Notifications
  - Schedule Changes
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderchangenotif
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderchangenotif/rq
  - type: Examples
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderchangenotif/samples
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_OrderChangeNotifRQ.xsd
- aid: virgin-atlantic:virgin-atlantic-ndc-orderlist-api
  name: Virgin Atlantic NDC OrderList API
  description: IATA NDC 21.3 OrderList message. Returns a list of orders matching search criteria for the authenticated seller.
  humanURL: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderlist
  tags:
  - NDC
  - Orders
  - Reporting
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderlist
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderlist/rq
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderlist/rs
  - type: Examples
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderlist/samples
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_OrderListRQ.xsd
  - type: XMLSchema
    url: schemas/IATA_OrderListRS.xsd
- aid: virgin-atlantic:virgin-atlantic-ndc-orderhistory-api
  name: Virgin Atlantic NDC OrderHistory API
  description: IATA NDC 21.3 OrderHistory message. Returns the change history of an order. This is the closest thing Virgin
    Atlantic publishes to a data-retrieval operation; it is per-order and is not a bulk export.
  humanURL: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderhistory
  tags:
  - NDC
  - Orders
  - History
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderhistory
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderhistory/rq
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderhistory/rs
  - type: Examples
    url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/orderhistory/samples
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.virginatlantic.com/
- type: Portal
  url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs
- type: APIReference
  url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs
- type: SignUp
  url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/account/register
- type: Authentication
  url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/help/how-to-start-your-build
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/virgin-atlantic-authentication.yml
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/help/how-to-access-ndc-apis
- type: Certification
  url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/certification
- type: Roadmap
  url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/capability/ndc-roadmap
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/product-release
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/virgin-atlantic-changelog.yml
- type: Support
  url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/support
- type: FAQ
  url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/faq
- type: Blog
  url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/news
- type: XMLSchema
  url: schemas/21_3_3_NDC_Schema.zip
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/virgin-atlantic-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/virgin-atlantic-error-codes.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/virgin-atlantic-data-model.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/virgin-atlantic-vocabulary.yml
- type: Examples
  url: examples/_index.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/virgin-atlantic-orderchangenotif-webhooks.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: https://ndc.virginatlantic.com/docs/testing-your-build
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/virgin-atlantic-sandbox.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/virgin-atlantic-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/virgin-atlantic-conformance.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/virgin-atlantic-packages.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/virgin-atlantic-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/virgin-atlantic-domain-security.yml
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://flywith.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/partner-hub/policies.html
- type: Policy
  url: https://flywith.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/partner-hub/policies/distribution-policy.html
- type: Policy
  url: https://flywith.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/partner-hub/policies/NDC_Novation_Policy.html
- type: Policy
  url: https://flywith.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/partner-hub/policies/booking-policy.html
- type: Privacy
  url: https://www.virginatlantic.com/policies/virgin-atlantic-airways-and-virgin-atlantic-holidays-privacy-notice
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