Virgin Atlantic is now using Twitter to provide flight updates. Passengers traveling on Virgin Atlantic can tweet their flight number and departure date to receive the latest update on the status of their flight. The service is offered at twitter.com/VAAInfo. Enter your update request in the following format: “@VAAInfo VS3 3012″ where the number after VS is your flight number and the 3012 is your departure date, in this case, Dec. 30. You’ll receive a response within seconds that looks something like this: @InsideFlyer — Hello gorgeous! The @VirginAtlantic VS3/30Dec left London LHR at 10:50 & is expected in New York JFK at 13:51”.