Virgin Australia Refreshes Onboard Menu

Virgin Australia has improved the range of food and drinks available for sale in its onboard retail menu, with new options including hot food for passengers in Economy Class on domestic and international flights. Virgin has added nine new menu items to its buy on-board retail menu including muffins, Violet Crumble chocolate bars and Cheezels. … Continued

Virgin Australia Boeing 737 Economy Review (2021)

With Sydney and Melbourne finally out of lockdown and state borders reopening, airlines have been ramping up their Sydney-Melbourne flights and reopening their airport lounges. Virgin Australia has now reopened all of its airport lounges except at Gold Coast, and is back to flying almost hourly on the popular Sydney-Melbourne route after the route was … Continued

Virgin Reward Seat Offer: Every Economy Seat Available

Virgin Australia has made every Economy Class seat on its domestic network available to book as a Velocity Reward Seat, for travel between 1 December 2021 and 31 March 2022. This includes travel around Christmas and New Year. This limited-time offer is running for two days only and ends at midnight tomorrow, Tuesday 23 November … Continued

Air New Zealand 787 Economy Review (Auckland-Sydney)

After a hiatus of almost three months, Air New Zealand has resumed offering limited passenger services across the Tasman using Boeing 787-9s. I flew with the Kiwi national carrier from Auckland to Sydney last week and am pleased to say the service hasn’t changed much since the pre-COVID days. Air New Zealand offers different types … Continued

Review: QantasLink’s Queensland “Milk Run”

If you’ve ever needed to travel up or down the coast of Queensland, you’ve probably come across the famous (or infamous, depending on who you ask) QantasLink “milk run” route. Every day, QantasLink Dash 8 turboprops fly from Brisbane to Cairns with stops in Rockhampton, Mackay and Townsville, picking up and dropping off passengers at … Continued