Virgin Atlantic - A340-600

pajoguy · 19-10-2009 08:11PM #1

Hi,

Just wondering has anybody flown this type or aircraft yet with Virgin and what was the service like. Flying to Miami in early December so wondering what their legroom, in-flight entertainment & Food & Drink were like?

Thank you

robbie_998 · 19-10-2009 08:12PM

yes.

phonypony · 20-10-2009 12:44PM

Flew with them LHR-EWR, economy. Service wise they worked hard, around very frequently with drinks and snacks, not so much on the way back. IFE is maybe a little dated now and slow, but not the worst by far. Food was decent. Legroom was fair, i had window seats confirmed for both trips but they were changed at check-in, shame because the window seats have a good 4 or 5 inches more space from armrest to window. Premium economy looked very comfortable. Only annoying thing was I had connected from DUB on Aer Lingus and my bag checked through to EWR and when I checked in at a kiosk in LHR T3 the machine said i still had to go queue up at a bag drop desk, or my bag wouldn't be loaded...

Henry Ford III · 20-10-2009 02:15PM

I flew Upper Class with them LHR-JFK and back in June 08. It was great.

pajoguy · 20-10-2009 06:49PM

phonypony wrote: »

Flew with them LHR-EWR, economy. Service wise they worked hard, around very frequently with drinks and snacks, not so much on the way back. IFE is maybe a little dated now and slow, but not the worst by far. Food was decent. Legroom was fair, i had window seats confirmed for both trips but they were changed at check-in, shame because the window seats have a good 4 or 5 inches more space from armrest to window. Premium economy looked very comfortable. Only annoying thing was I had connected from DUB on Aer Lingus and my bag checked through to EWR and when I checked in at a kiosk in LHR T3 the machine said i still had to go queue up at a bag drop desk, or my bag wouldn't be loaded...

I am flying out of ORK to LHR then on to MIA and then onto Cancun. Hoping bags will be checked through to CUN. Dont fancy taking them around LHR T1-T3.

Virgin seem to be getting alot of bad reviews lately and wondering should we have gone with BA.

FlutterinBantam · 20-10-2009 07:11PM

pajoguy wrote: »

I am flying out of ORK to LHR then on to MIA and then onto Cancun. Hoping bags will be checked through to CUN. Dont fancy taking them around LHR T1-T3.

Virgin seem to be getting alot of bad reviews lately and wondering should we have gone with BA.

Still good. flew LHR NRT there last month Upper Class.

Bit bland but very acceptable.

ScouseMouse · 20-10-2009 07:40PM

Has anyone seen this site.

VERY interesting.

http://www.virginaircrewlies.com/

zagmund · 20-10-2009 07:49PM

Yeah, interesting in an anyone-can-post-what-they-want-on-the-web kind of way.

z

cml387 · 20-10-2009 07:58PM

Flew to HK with them some time ago. IMO better than BA. The IFE is fine.It's a very long aircraft and at the back it tends to wallow a bit but I find tha strangely restful.

Virgin Atlantic - A340-600

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