Hailing from a country a good day's flight away, I've become pretty familiar with the various "entertainment systems" (if you can call some of them that) airlines offer their passengers. You're probably familiar with that sinking feeling when you discover a plane doesn't have on-demand movies, resulting in another 108 minutes to start watching your chosen time-waster from the opening scenes? Read More >>
Featured comment by audaxero:
"Alas, my next flight's on one of their A340-600's seemingly, so no joy (also I need to be ready to work as soon as I arrive so no 12 hours of movies f..." More »
Virgin's become the first UK airline to add Passbook integration to online check-in, allowing you to send your boarding card straight to your iOS device, rather than doing that old-fashioned thing of printing out a boarding pass. All hail the onwards march of progress -- even if it does have an god-awful QR code for a face. Read More >>
Featured comment by britishchris:
"Auto-updating of flight info and gate is quite nice though.
Especially at London airports where the gates are assigned close to departure." More »
Virgin Atlantic has come up with an ingenious way to get us all flying to San Francisco every weekend, offering the flyer who racks up the most air miles this year a seat on the Virgin Galactic space plane. Read More >>
Featured comment by Grr Argh:
"Do you actually have to make the flights to get the air miles or just pay for them? Because doing the math this could be a cheap way to get on a Virgi..." More »
Virgin's just rolled out in-flight calling, provided AeroMobile, which will set you back about the same as your regular roaming provider. Finally, you'll be able to make that crucial in-flight call to your mates, to find out what the hell caused you to get that effigy of Sir Richard Branson tattooed on your back when you were blind drunk last night. Read More >>
Featured comment by flynndean:
"Good to know I'll have a method (admittedly an expensive one) of saying my final goodbyes the next time some nutter tries to blow-up a plane..." More »
I’m not sure about you, but I find the idea of having an effigy of Sir Richard Branson floating in my beverage a tad creepy. The fancy new ice cubes, shaped like the British entrepreneur’s severed head, will adorn the drinks upper class customers of Virgin Atlantic so that Sir Richard can “travel with you in spirit.” Read More >>
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