Plans for Virgin Australia NZ

[scwappy]

Does anyone know if there are plans to upgrade the Virgin Australia NZ fleet, and if so, are there firm dates as yet?

Thanks
Scwappz

 

[Jamesl]

Nothing firm, but yes.

 

[cavemanzk]

They are meant to be bring the Tasman fleet in line with the specs of NZ A320s, so hopefully that means TV's

 

[777]

Does anyone have a source for any of this? It's clearly what i'd like to see happen but i have never seen it announced or even rumoured.

 

[Fruitcake]

The closest I've ever seen is this:
Virgin Australia brand takes off in New Zealand | Virgin Australia

The first Virgin Australia-branded aircraft commenced flying New Zealand skies today; featuring a new interior design and the white, red and silver Virgin Australia livery.

What this "new interior design" means in practice I've never been able to find out.

 

[lovestotravel]

I have heard that they were going to upgrade the 737's that fly to NZ to bring them into line with Air NZ but can't find the link quickly

There were no specifics on what they were doing though

 

[eelynnad]

I was on DJ54, 737-8 SYD-AKL last Fri and economy had been re-fitted with new seats whereas the premium seating had not been upgraded. i.e. they were still the old redish leather seats.

This morning I was on DJ54,737-8 from AKL-SYD and the whole cabin had been refitted. The premium was still a 3-3 config (with the middle seat blocked out by a drinks tray) but had new grey leather upholstery. No business class seating unfortunately!