Virgin Australia to lease more 737s

Sponsored Post

Struggling to use your Frequent Flyer Points?

Frequent Flyer Concierge takes the hard work out of finding award availability and redeeming your frequent flyer or credit card points for flights.

Using their expert knowledge and specialised tools, the Frequent Flyer Concierge team at Frequent Flyer Concierge will help you book a great trip that maximises the value for your points.

First, I was to fly on the 737, this was a while ago, long ago maybe.
I had econX on the 737.
Then, it got swapped, to the dreaded 320, of course, the econX on these are over the wings and for that, they say you must be able to (while seated), lift a 25kg door and help the crew in an emergency, so I moved my seat, as I am not really able to lift the 25kg door, (tried to lift a 25kg dumbbell, hard to do while seated, lest even while standing).
So there I was, near 4 hours sat by the window, with a largish Indian lady who of course, lady spread her legs wide, into my spot, and also her husband's spot as well.
Ever since then, I have/had been hoping VA would take the 320 out of the ADL - PER route, but its looks very unlikely that it would happen.
Coming back, I think it was a F100, looking at the photos, with the 2 engines near the back, and that plane not having a rear door, out by the back, noisy as, but still, a good experience, had got a seat next to me as empty, comfort seat booking.
 
737-700 ex PH-BGR of KLM has now been re-registered as VH-NBV.

Config has been changed from KLM's Y142 to Y138.
 
AIRwin said:
23 rows... Is it still in XSP?
Click to expand...
23 rows is roomy but in a good way. The current two are 22 rows (noting the 2 of J cabin + 3 of Economy X). This should mean all seats are at least 31" unless they go with some Economy X seats on these (which I don't believe was the plan).
 
Are the USB ports now working on those two trial 737s? Looks like I got one of these birds today on my flight.
 
IXJ has finally had a facelift. The put in the new slim seats.

20221013_081914.jpg

The phone/tablet holder is great -

20221013_082759.jpg

Still no barrier between J & Y.

20221013_082902.jpg


I reckon I've been on this plane around half a dozen times in the past 3 months. The yellow cloth seating reminded me a humid SE Asian flying back in the day.

I wouldn't say I noticed a real difference between the level of comfort with these new seats. Some say they aren't as comfortable - I wouldn't say that's the case.
 
Well I guess we won’t have a mixed seat offering if they are installing I assume new seats in all these -700s as above. Like Rex who have old and new Virgin seats, Jet Airways seats in the latest one.
 
I would guess VA is installing the same slimline seats as shown in IXJ's cabin pics a few posts up. But throughout the whole cabin in the all-Y layout.
 
Are those still with 5 rows of European J, and the middle seat blocked ones?
As shown on seatguru?
If they keep 5 rows of J, that would be nice, even though its the middle seat ie B and E are blocked.
Wonder though if VAd is going to keep it as it is, or take out 2 rows of J and add their econX into the mix.
Guess it can't be that bad, if they are now leasing instead of buying, so their overall costs will be kept low.
Edit: or are they are going to use these for transTas flights.
Ah, so I see, seatless, so VA will add seats to their own specifications.
Sorry for the above waffly.
What a grumpy looking FA in Astro's pix.
Heh, stern like a lounge dragon or ABF passport control type of stern.
 
Last edited:
Struggling to Redeem Your Frequent Flyer Points?
The Frequent Flyer Concierge team takes the hard work out of finding reward seat availability. Using their expert knowledge and specialised tools, they'll help you book a great trip that maximises the value for your points.

AFF Supporters can remove this and all advertisements

According to the current fleet lists maintainers across a number of websites, the proposed layout is 138Y (different from KLM's 142Y), so it's possible there is probably another EconomyX row to compensate for no J when they are used on non-FIFO routes.

Whether if the old VB 'Premium Economy' method where they block off the middle seat in the first 2-3 rows would be used for 73Gs, who knows?
 

Enhance your AFF viewing experience!!

From just $6 we'll remove all advertisements so that you can enjoy a cleaner and uninterupted viewing experience.

And you'll be supporting us so that we can continue to provide this valuable resource :)


Sample AFF with no advertisements? More..

Recent Posts

Currently Active Users

... and 33 more.
Total: 1,122 (members: 83, guests: 1,039)
Back
Top