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Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited

Registered as VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS LIMITED. Company number 01600117. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 31 July 2026.

52days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited reported that it took an average of 52 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 36% of invoices within 30 days, 37% in 31 to 60 days and 27% after more than 60 days. It said 71% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 14% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 49 days, so it is 3 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 78 Dec 2020 55 Jun 2021 54 Dec 2021 48 Jun 2022 40 Dec 2022 43 Jun 2023 44 Dec 2023 37 Jun 2024 38 Jul 2024 49 Jun 2025 26 Dec 2025 52 Jun 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Jan to Jun 2026 31 Jul 2026 52 36%37%27%71% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 26 60%31%9%62% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 31 Jul 2025 49 21%58%21%83% Report
Jul to Jul 2024 31 Jan 2025 38 42%41%17%57% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 30 Jul 2024 37 41%43%17%54% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 30 Jan 2024 44 37%48%14%51% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 28 Jul 2023 43 36%49%15%53% Report
Jul to Dec 2022 31 Jan 2023 40 43%43%14%48% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 29 Jul 2022 48 37%43%19%51% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 28 Jan 2022 54 35%42%23%58% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 28 Jan 2022 55 34%36%30%64% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 78 29%26%45%68% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 30 Jul 2020 45 39%34%28%50% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 34 53%36%11%32% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 29 Jul 2019 31 60%33%7%28% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jan 2019 28 70%26%4%18% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2018 31 67%28%5%25% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.