Virgin Australia goes fully inclusive on PER flights

[Birdblack]

Anyone sampled the inclusive food yet?

 

[oz_mark]

Anyone sampled the inclusive food yet?

I'd say it is unlikely

"The airline will roll out the new product and services from September 26.

 

[Birdblack]

Of course! Sorry, for some reason I thought it started this month.

 

[Justinf]

I wonder what they have planned for the red-eye flights?
In J, they serve a snack service, then dim the cabin lights and then serve breakfast before landing.
It will be interesting to see whether they serve a meal in Y straight away or do something similar to what is done in J.

 

[smit0847]

I wonder what they have planned for the red-eye flights?
In J, they serve a snack service, then dim the cabin lights and then serve breakfast before landing.
It will be interesting to see whether they serve a meal in Y straight away or do something similar to what is done in J.

It'll only be one meal in Y - surely they wont do 2 on such a short flight.

I would imagine it would be some meat slopped into a container at the start and thats it.

 

[Justinf]

It'll only be one meal in Y - surely they wont do 2 on such a short flight.

I would imagine it would be some meat slopped into a container at the start and thats it.

Most likely. I am more wondering about whether it will be a 'dinner' service or a 'breakfast' service?

 

[mannej]

Most likely. I am more wondering about whether it will be a 'dinner' service or a 'breakfast' service?

QF call it a supper service.

 

[KCMil]

Okay so I guess it's time to ask if anybody was on a transcon flt today In Y class? How was the food offering?

 

[Mogul]

Did Perth to Syd today in J. Kids weren't interested in J meals so we ordered one of each of the Y meals. Choice was either chicken curry and rice or vegetarian pasta. Both meals tasted really good especially for Y meals. Unable to comment about presentation for Y and they were both presented as J meals (proper plates, etc.)

 

[kalboy]

doing the redeye in economy this Sunday night KGI-PER-MEL XR/DJ flights, so will report back if no one beats me to it.

 

[drmikki]

Flew PER-SYD on 27th but used my comp upgrade so can only comment on J meal (lamb shank - very tasty!) however on the 10 am SYD-PER so will provide an update in a few hours time.... unless the op-up Gods shine on me at the gate!

 

[StevePER]

Yesterday it was butter chicken with rice and few peas, served with a bread roll that was surprisingly tasty and a little muesli bar thing for dessert. It was fine for an economy meal.

The service was pretty slow - it was a 1pm departure and we didn't get fed until after 3pm. And I was still hungry afterwards.

 

[Saab34]

Do they still offer the BOB service in addition?

 

[Birdblack]

Yesterday it was butter chicken with rice and few peas, served with a bread roll that was surprisingly tasty and a little muesli bar thing for dessert. It was fine for an economy meal.

The service was pretty slow - it was a 1pm departure and we didn't get fed until after 3pm. And I was still hungry afterwards.

I had the same on PER - MEL on Sunday night. Not any better or worse than what Qantas is offering but it could have been served quicker.

 

[Noob]

Do they still offer the BOB service in addition?

The BOB menu is no longer available - most likely because of galley space and offering both BOB and full service would take a huge amount of time.

 

[drmikki]

Penne pasta or roast chicken, apparently - can't tell you anything about it as I slept through the meal service! I think it'll be interesting to see how often the meal choices rotate, as it looked to be a single menu in Business for all Coast-to-Coast flights - a choice of 3 mains on eastbound flights and 3 different mains on westbound flights. If that menu doesn't change much Business travellers are going to be sick of repetition pretty quickly!

 

[markis10]

DJ will go full service across all routes Jan next year, PER East Coast is the test bed for how things go before a full small rollout, so there will be a few kinks.

 

[lovestotravel]

DJ will go full service across all routes Jan next year, PER East Coast is the test bed for how things go before a full small rollout, so there will be a few kinks.

You sure they'll do this on-time :shock:

But not a moment too soon to be honest, the current mis-match of service would be annoying for the average customer

 

[ash.1111]

I unfortunately don't have any photos, but I do know the trays are the white (original) flexi trays.

I'm sure someone will be interested in knowing that...

 

[markis10]

You sure they'll do this on-time :shock:

But not a moment too soon to be honest, the current mis-match of service would be annoying for the average customer

A few months is a long time in the airline industry, however the Townsville refueller who was masquerading as a CSM on a flight recently assured me this was one of the few upcoming changes as the next phase of the game change plan continues to kick in.