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Tune in for the V Australia 777 Launch
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The world's newest Transpacific carrier takes delivery of their first Boeing 777 aircraft this week, as executives from V Australia and Virgin converge in Los Angeles for the ceremony. Tomorrow afternoon, Richard Branson and top brass will pick up the aircraft in Washington and shuttle it down to LAX, where a fanfare of media pawns, cocktails and schmoozing will welcome the group.On arrival, we're welcome to browse through the aircraft, drinking in the succulent Business Class seats, crawling through the lavs and measuring seat heights, widths and pitches. Yours truly and the Cranky Flier will be there, and unless the latter gets us kicked out of another Virgin event we should be tweeting through the evening (EST) and sending updates.
What do we expect to see? Well, a few pictures of economy and economy plus have already been leaked to the internets, but what we're really looking for is leg room, video screens (the service is purported to use the same RED system that Virgin America uses,) business class amenities and general ambiance of the aircraft.
Anything else you want to see? Shoot us a comment or a tweet and we'll try to collect some good content.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TroyG Feb 5th 2009 4:58PM
Yes - please check to see if there are secret pouches that have vouchers giving you actual frequent flier miles!
Flying from Aus to the US on a V Promo fare (which seems to be their target market - low fare leisure travellers to LA, or, um, Seattle???) will earn a whopping 4,000 miles rtn!
And also check the seats for discount codes for redeeming those Velocity Points.
The spend rate for a V Australia flight to the US is 94,000 miles + 500 AUD taxes (or another 54,000 miles!)
Granted Qantas isn't much better, but V Australia's FF program is truly horrible.
(And yes, I'm being just a bit cheeky posting my rant with this blog posting, but on QF, DL, or UA, at least I can earn some miles worth something - and it's the one thing keeping me from Flying V Aus - even if the planes do sound fantastic!)
david Feb 5th 2009 7:38PM
Would like to know what is on the beer and wine list.
Vic Bitter, Coopers and Cascade are the preferred malt beverages. very important when you are spending 12-15 hours trapped in a seat.
R. U. Poul Feb 5th 2009 10:04PM
The entertainment system on VAus 777 is the same Panasonic system that's on Singapore's A380 and newest 777, QANTAS' A380, Emirates A380 and a variety of others. It's rather more powerful and capable than its little brother on VAM that's running Red, though the UI's being done by the same guys.
Marcus Feb 6th 2009 1:23AM
Please take notes on any of the seat numbers that you think would be ideal. I am going to fly in March and would like to hear which seat numbers would offer a pleasant ride.
washarp Feb 6th 2009 9:37AM
Laptop power in economy? impressive! That'll make the 15 hour flight much more enjoyable/productive. All we need now is some internets to go with it. It would be great if you'd check out the power situation back in cattle class so our next flight is adapter in hand