Another Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350 flight landed at Heathrow moments later, only a minute less than the time the BA flight took, and three minutes quicker than another Virgin plane which arrived at 5.12 a.m. on Sunday, reports The Independent.

Both BA and Virgin broke the previous New York to London record held by Norwegian airlines, which reached London Gatwick from JFK Airport in 5 hours 13 minutes in January 2018.

However, flights going towards the US faced heavy head winds, resulting in more than two and a half hours longer flight to the US East Coast.

Forecasters have warned the impacts of Ciara "will be felt across the whole of the UK" when it reaches England and Wales on Monday, with a month's worth of rain expected to fall in one day, reports the Metro newspaper.