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damian f
29th January 2012, 10:56 AM
Morning all!

I've finally finished my trip report from a couple of weeks ago flying on the first ever Emerald-Brisbane sector operated by Virgin Australia. I have posted it on my blog - you can access here - http://tinyurl.com/754fk6j (http://tinyurl.com/754fk6j)

As you'll see, it was a quiet start to the service with 25 pax on the flight, although the afternoon Brisbane-Emerald was a lot busier. I have since seen a couple more Virgin departures from Emerald that have been quite busy!

I wish Virgin all the best for the future of this service!

Cheers
Damian
Radi K
29th January 2012, 11:24 AM
Nice report and nice pics.
damian f
2nd February 2012, 09:49 PM
Thanks Radi! I try my best! Damian
Mark Grima
5th February 2012, 11:07 AM
Great report.

Not having flown Virgin for many years, is complimentary meals in economy standard on all flights in the new guise as Virgin Australia?

Cheers

M
Andrew M
5th February 2012, 11:56 AM
Nope, you get water/tea/coffee!

You can buy from their very boring on-board menu!

You only get a decent meal included when you purchase the Flexi Fare (which is not that flexible) funnily enough
Mark Grima
5th February 2012, 12:09 PM
Thanks Andrew. However on the flights operated by Skywest you get a meal? Or is that only on flexi fare also?

Cheers

M
Zac M
5th February 2012, 12:53 PM
All Skywest operated flights, as well as fully Virgin operated SYD-CBR and MEL-CBR flights get complimentry meals with all fares.
Andrew M
5th February 2012, 05:43 PM
That's the first I have heard the MEL-CBR flights get free meals on Virgin, where was this announced ?
Zac M
5th February 2012, 10:12 PM
I wasn't aware of it until just after takeoff on my recent Canberra-Melbourne flight...
Andrew M
5th February 2012, 10:17 PM
I am doing that flight this Wed 8th Feb, so we'll see what happens :)
damian f
9th February 2012, 11:53 AM
Re: the onboard 'snack' service...

I was surprised too about the free snack - I would say that since the flight is operated by Skywest for Virgin Australia that full service is provided... albeit a snack service!

I was on a cheap airfare and was treated the same as the flexi-fare passengers - although two passengers were seated by themselves in the front row - thinking back these could have been flexi-fare or high ranking Velocity members - possibly premium economy but I doubt that...

Cheers
Damian