How to tell if you are on an aircraft with the new cabin...

[LiamR]

A few of us frequent flyers have discovered how to tell when you are on a aircraft that has the Boeing Sky Interior, or has the new J/Y seats, galleys and bulkhead installed. When you checkin in online, take a look at the seat map.

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UPDATE: It seems with a mix of old (PE), refitted and BSI the presence of a Left/port/ABC side bulkhead in front of row 1A/B/C indicates the new Business seating rather than PE. The BSI aircraft do not have the N/A in the B/E columns, just a 'blank' space.

PE	Refit	BSI

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You are not on a new aircraft if;

- Rows 1 & 2 (Coloured in with purple) are shown in a 3-3 configuration, with the middle seats greyed out with N/A written on them.
- The exit rows are in rows 14 & 15
- You can not see a bulkhead in the seat diagram on the front left of the aircraft. When using OLCI, your screen will look like this:



You are on a new aircraft if;

- Rows 1 & 2 (Coloured in purple) are showing as a 2-2 configuration.
- The exit rows are in 13 & 14 - There is a bulkhead at the front left of the aircraft.

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This information is of course, subject to equipment changes, and other quirks of the aviation industry. When you are seated in the Premium section of an aircraft, you aren't able to see the economy section during seat selection, so you can't tell by looking at the exit rows. Online Checkin with Virgin Australia opens between 26-28hrs before departure.

Thanks also to pshepvic for his insight on the matter.

 

[ash.1111]

Also, if you're at the gate and want to know if the aircraft has been refitted:

- RHS first and last window is 'blacked' out (with the red paint scheme)
- You can see the bulkhead in the 5th window from the front.

Not sure about the LHS, will have to investigate

 

[kamchatsky]

Actually I prefer the older interior at the moment because it has free Live2Air!

 

[ozmille]

A few of us frequent flyers have discovered how to tell when you are on a aircraft that has the Boeing Sky Interior, or has the new J/Y seats, galleys and bulkhead installed.

When you checkin in online, take a look at the seat map.

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You are not on a new aircraft if;

- Rows 1 & 2 (Coloured in with purple) are shown in a 3-3 configuration, with the middle seats greyed out with N/A written on them.

- The exit rows are in rows 14 & 15

- You can not see a bulkhead in the seat diagram on the front left of the aircraft.

When using OLCI, your screen will look like this:

View attachment 3809

You are on a new aircraft if;


- Rows 1 & 2 (Coloured in purple) are showing as a 2-2 configuration.

- The exit rows are in 13 & 14

- There is a bulkhead at the front left of the aircraft.

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This information is of course, subject to equipment changes, and other quirks of the aviation industry. When you are seated in the Premium section of an aircraft, you aren't able to see the economy section during seat selection, so you can't tell by looking at the exit rows.

Online Checkin with Virgin Australia opens between 26-28hrs before departure.

Thanks also to pshepvic for his insight on the matter.

I am confused with the above. Row 1 and 2 are showing as 3 - 3 which indicates not a new interior. But the exit rows are 13 and 14 and there is a bulkhead :?:



help

 

[LiamR]

I am confused with the above. Row 1 and 2 are showing as 3 - 3 which indicates not a new interior. But the exit rows are 13 and 14 and there is a bulkhead :?:

View attachment 4695

help

There is some very strange seating combinations going around at the moment, somebody else showed me this the other day and I'm not sure what it is. If you do end up on this flight, report back to what aircraft it was if you don't mind.

 

[medhead]

Had VH-VUC this morning. Interesting one, business seats, purple barrier and row 3 all fitted out with the new seats. Row 4 and rearwards old seats including L2A.


Sent from my iPhone using Aust Freq Fly app so please excuse the lack of links.

 

[Mh4k]

Had VH-VUC this morning. Interesting one, business seats, purple barrier and row 3 all fitted out with the new seats. Row 4 and rearwards old seats including L2A.


Sent from my iPhone using Aust Freq Fly app so please excuse the lack of links.

Are you able to retrieve and post your seat map for this booking as it'd help clear up some of the confusion going on here and in the 737 Business Class thread!

 

[maninblack]

You are not on a new aircraft if;

- Rows 1 & 2 (Coloured in with purple) are shown in a 3-3 configuration, with the middle seats greyed out with N/A written on them.

- The exit rows are in rows 14 & 15

- You can not see a bulkhead in the seat diagram on the front left of the aircraft.

When using OLCI, your screen will look like this:

View attachment 3809

You are on a new aircraft if;

Sorry, not always. My OLCI last week showed no port side bulkhead etc so I suspected an old PE configured plane. What showed up had the total cabin re-fit in J and Y. Anyway I thought that by January they are all to be done. At least all the 738's.

 

[medhead]

Are you able to retrieve and post your seat map for this booking as it'd help clear up some of the confusion going on here and in the 737 Business Class thread!

Unfortunately I can't get a seat map back. The seat map on my flight next week matches the seat map posted earlier in the thread, so I'll see what I get next week.

 

[Mh4k]

Currently seated in 3C on DJ885 which showed the "hybrid" seat map - 3-3 in premium, exit row at 13, forward left bulkhead. It is a full refit.

 

[djfuzz]

After scoring empty rows 3 on refitted 738s a number of times, the first time I paid for PE we happened to get a non-refitted 737, oversold with schoolies headed to OOL and I think we may possibly have been the only paid pax as the FA made a point to welcome everyone and explain their kind op-up process.

Have had a good run on VA so far but, as with QF, the op-up gods seem to be withholding luck. At least I should be glad for the occasional scraps of vulture bait.

 

[jaspon]

New BSI aircraft with dual configuration

YFC
YFE
YFF
YFH (in seat power, business class only)
YVA
YIA
YIB
YVC


Current refitted aircraft with dual configuration

BZG
VUC
VUF
VUG
VUI
VUJ
VUK
VUR
VUS
VUT
VUU
VUV
VUW
VUX
VUY
VUZ
VOK
VOL
VOM
VON
VOO
VOS
VOT
VOU
VOV

 

[Jack Melon]

VH-YVD
VH-YFK
VH-YID

Will enter service shortly.

Aircraft in new livery:
737-800'S:
VH-YFC (BSI)
VH-YFE (BSI)
VH-YFF (BSI)
VH-YFH (BSI)
VH-YFK (BSI)
VH-YVA (BSI)
VH-YIA (BSI)
VH-YIB (BSI)
VH-YID (BSI)
VH-YVC (BSI)
VH-YVD (BSI)
VH-VUY (REFIT)
VH-VUZ (REFIT)
A330'S:
VH-XFA
VH-XFB
E190'S:
VH-ZPQ
VH-ZPR
VH-ZPT
ATR'S:
VH-FVH
VH-FVI
VH-FVL
777'S:
VH-VPE (HALF COMPLETED)
737-700'S:
VH-VBY (50TH LIVERY) TO BE DONE EARLY DECEMBER.

That means 23 aircraft are in the new livery, more then JB said at the launch at (20 planes).

Also 6 more BSI's will be here shortly:
VH-YIE
VH-YIF
VH-YIG
VH-YFG
VH-YFI
VH-YFL

More to be done!

 

[djfuzz]

Re: Travelling DJ during "Schoolies"

I was a wee bit disappointed to have missed out on the new cabin on the one occasion we had paid the fare.

More annoying though is that on the return trip we had used the comp upgrade and were due to be on a shiny new BSI plane, but delays in OOL led to that plane being reallocated and eventually the cancellation of our flight. To their credit, VA paged us before announcing the cancellation (as both PE and Velocity elites - but certainly not all of either on board the flight) and offered us a credit voucher and Y seats on the next (also otherwise full) flight home. For other reasons we had to decline that offer and wait for the flight after that on which we could be accommodated in PE - still waiting at the airport hoping we might get another BSI or at the very least a refitted aircraft.

[Edit] Lol cheers for the merge. Have deleted my extraneous comments.

 

[Jack Melon]

Just an update, VH-VUG (former "airline of virgin blue" hybrid sheme operated by Pacific Blue) has just arrived back from NZ, in full Virgin Australia livery.

VH-VUN is also the same, being re-painted, and VH-VUC (normal virgin blue sheme) is next.

You may have also heard that all V Australia 777's will be flown to Abu Dhabi from Februry for a major service, and during this time be given the Virgin Australia livery. Etihad will cover those flights withthere own 777's/A340's. Until then, the first priority planes to be re-painted are "airline of virgin blue" shemes, and Pacific Blue planes.

Jack

 

[medhead]

Had VH-VUA Old fitout and seat map to match.

I have a hybrid in 2 weeks, no port bulkhead, 2-2 Rows 1 and 2, exit row is [-]11[/-] 12. Will be interesting to see what I get.

View attachment 4783

 

[MarkD]

Looks like a -700 Medhead, so it will be old school


Let us know if it has had a refit though, because I guess they will have to start doing the -700s soon

 

[Jack Melon]

It is a -700, 1 exit row.

 

[medhead]

Yep I kinda realised that, cheers. Just found rows 1 and 2 to be interesting with no middle seat showing.


Sent from my iPhone using Aust Freq Fly app so please excuse the lack of links.

 

[bigbadbyrnes]

New BSI aircraft with dual configuration

Current refitted aircraft with dual configuration

BZG
VUC
VUF
VUG
VUI
VUJ
VUK
VUR
VUS
VUT
VUU
VUV
VUW
VUX
VUY
VUZ
VOK
VOL
VOM
VON
VOO
VOS
VOT
VOU
VOV

Hi Jaspon,

So all the above listed aircraft are from the older fleet but they have been retrofitted with the new 2 by 2 J class interior for the first two rows (and which are, until 18 Jan, being sold as Premium Economy), have I understood you correctly?

For anyone flying 13:40 BNE to CNS, it seems this flight is run mostly by aircraft in the above list ^_^

Thanks for your help and grande information.