Virgin to offer Complimentary Food and Beverage MEL-SYD-BNE

[Noob]

Virgin Australia will begin offering free food and drinks on selected flights between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, with a view to rolling out complimentary offerings on all flights between the three cities next year.

Virgin Australia offers free food on selected flights to take on Qantas | News.com.au

 

[Jousams]

It's a step in the right direction, but I wish they would just commit to it and roll a consistent offering out on all flights.

 

[DGW]

I posted in another thread that this was being trialled on one of my flights a couple of weeks back, and the offering was a muesli bar...

 

[Timba-Jet]

It would simplify process for the cabin crew, no more of the flexi fare complexity having to check the manfest etc.

Oh article mentions, turkey and veges for Xmas day.

 

[DGW]

Oh article mentions, turkey and veges for Xmas day.

Another inaccuracy from News. For domestic flights in Y, you'll only get this on the transcontinental services: Virgin Australia serves Christmas fare in lounges and in the air - Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class - Australian Business Traveller

 

[Hvr]

So will the complimentary food be on a tray or in a box?

 

[Noob]

So will the complimentary food be on a tray or in a box?

Or a tray box!

It's likely they could use the sleek new black trays that are on the full service transcontinental flights (A330 & 737).

Minimum order quantities are pretty high, I imagine they have quite a few on hand!

 

[VA777]

Wish they could sort out gluten free options

 

[cavemanzk]

Or a tray box!

It's likely they could use the sleek new black trays that are on the full service transcontinental flights (A330 & 737).
!

Lets just hope they take advice from NZ about tray boxes, they tried then and they didn't go down to well. They ended up reverting to plastic trays, just 1/3 the standard size.

 

[JessicaTam]

Wish they could sort out gluten free options

Wish they could sort out any dietary options.

 

[scibo10]

Is it the view to roll out complimentary meals on all domestic flights, or just between BNE, SYD & MEL? AusBT suggests it's the former, whereas News.com.au suggests the latter.

 

[Lowjhg]

Lets just hope they take advice from NZ about tray boxes, they tried then and they didn't go down to well. They ended up reverting to plastic trays, just 1/3 the standard size.

reminds me of this...

Virgin Australia Meal Tray - Buzz Products

 

[esquire]

I wonder if the "complimentary food" is better than the existing flexi meals...... not that it would be difficult....

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Remember when J was first rolled out for VA dom? The range of snacks from the buy on board menu was cut dramatically and the then newly implemented flexi "meals" (and I use that term very loosely indeed) very quickly became something good to miss altogether. I recall some suggested it was because the galleys in the 738s were too small to handle a plane load of hot meals.

Well now that I'm semi-regularly commuting on Air Niugini and often in a 737-800, I can say the meals served are in fact really acceptable, HOT and tasty. If PX can manage it, surely it just shows VA are being belligerent and/or condescending by continuing to palm off muesli bars or inedible cold wraps as their alternative.

As other have said many times, just get on with it and stop dilidallying VA, it's continuing to make you look like an inexperienced LCC who's floundering (IMHO of course).

 

[Clivem]

this was being trialled on one of my flights a couple of weeks back, and the offering was a muesli bar...

Luke Mangan hot dogs cleared for take off ?????

 

[VA777]

When we went to Perth on a family holiday in Sep (A330 Y class) I couldn't eat ( no gluten free) and the food was so bad even my then 15 yo son who is a garbage bin with food refused to eat the meal.

 

[ajw373]

It's a step in the right direction, but I wish they would just commit to it and roll a consistent offering out on all flights.

Interesting saw the story on the news and this (network wide) was how I took it. Surprised, well not really to see it is just an expansion and not network wide.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

When we went to Perth on a family holiday in Sep (A330 Y class) I couldn't eat ( no gluten free) and the food was so bad even my then 15 yo son who is a garbage bin with food refused to eat the meal.

Not sure if this helps or not, but I'm pretty sure I saw a sign on top of the buffet in the SYD lounge that offered a small selection of GF food if you ask them. You never know....perhaps they might use the "club" chefs to prepare something especially for you!

 

[Must...Fly!]

Channel 7 Perth doing a great job of reminding me why I don't watch the news any more.

Image of a VS 747
Described VA as a discount airline
And their footage was solely Qantas F/A's serving passengers, nothing Virgin about it except for one second of a taxiing aircraft....dear me

:evil:

 

[JohnK]

I posted in another thread that this was being trialled on one of my flights a couple of weeks back, and the offering was a muesli bar...

How exciting. How about providing some real food?