Who are Virgin Atlantic?
Who hasn’t heard of Richard Branson’s ever expanding commercial airline? Bold, brash and really up for it Virgin are the airline who openly want to be better than the rest.
Virgin Atlantic came in to being to challenge what it’s founders saw as a lazy, complacent industry. Whether it was and whether they did we don’t know but if you have to sit on a plane for 24 hours they are worth a look.
Where do Virgin fly to in Australia?
The major international destination airports for London departures are Sydney, Perth and Melbourne.
Eastern stopovers from the UK are plentiful and well worth the effort if you’ve got the time.
Virgin also operate Virgin Blue offering a wide range of internal flights so they are always worth a look if you’re considering traveling around Oz on your trip.
How good are Virgin?
Virgin won the best Premium Economy service in the world by research consultancy firm Skytrax confirming it’s aim of bringing higher quality air travel to the mas market.
Virgin Atlantic is one of our favourite airlines, the service culture just oozes out of everything they do. Staff are amongst the most helpful in the sky coming a close second to some of the Far Eastern airlines.
If you’re prepared to spend a bit more Virgin will do their best to give you a good return on your money. They’ve changed the game a little bit by moving business a bit closer to the Economy traveller in the form Premium Economy and First Class to the very top of the tree with Upper Class. In our experience those who pay the extra are seldom unhappy with their choice.
Their prices are pretty competitive both direct and via travel agents but don’t expect to see them appear too often in the bucket shops – they don’t really play that game.
What else should I know about Virgin?
Whilst Richard Branson is the figurehead of the airline 49% is owned by Singapore Airlines another company who are embedded in the culture of excellent customer service.
Virgin Galactic has 30 employees and is based in New Mexico. Far from being another mad cap scheme it could see long haul journey times slashed and significantly reduce fuel consumption and pollution.
