Back in July, Ausbt ran an exclusive story that Virgin were upgrading their catering domestically in both classes and that an announcement was due by the end of August. Is this still happening because I have eaten all the bite size Carmens muesli bars I care to.
I was thinking this myself last week. I found the story you were referring to and I think the wording was that more details were expected by the end of August. Perhaps they are still trying to decide if they will give us one slice of cucumber or two in our minature sandwich.
Its already happening. On a flight to Canberra today we were given Mainland cheese and crackers instead of the old cardboard wrapped in plastic. The crew noted it was new and that more was coming.
No discernible improvement on the routes I have flown in the past two weeks. I flew BNE-MEL at 1655 hours yesterday and received a cookie. For a 2hr 20min flight at dinner time that's a pretty paltry offering.
Returning from Melb on Saturday 1pm, we had a fresh celery dip with some kind of cracker. I was ready to pay $5 for cheese and crackers and this was more than equal. So it looks like some things are changing!
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Upgrades to Virgin Catering?
russell
russell
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
Member since 04 Nov 2011
Total posts 236
Back in July, Ausbt ran an exclusive story that Virgin were upgrading their catering domestically in both classes and that an announcement was due by the end of August. Is this still happening because I have eaten all the bite size Carmens muesli bars I care to.
Victor G
Victor G
Etihad - Etihad Guest
Member since 02 Jul 2015
Total posts 17
I was thinking this myself last week. I found the story you were referring to and I think the wording was that more details were expected by the end of August. Perhaps they are still trying to decide if they will give us one slice of cucumber or two in our minature sandwich.
StuParr
StuParr
Virgin Australia - Velocity Rewards
Member since 01 Mar 2012
Total posts 203
it is in train as we speak. Catering have advised crew that it will happen soon.
xtfer
xtfer
Virgin Australia - Velocity Rewards
Member since 14 Mar 2017
Total posts 159
Its already happening. On a flight to Canberra today we were given Mainland cheese and crackers instead of the old cardboard wrapped in plastic. The crew noted it was new and that more was coming.
It's still not stunning, but it's an improvement.
Timmy22bc
Timmy22bc
Member since 18 Oct 2015
Total posts 16
I did VA1211 on Saturday morning 16Sep17, still the bite size carmem & water poured from the bottle.
Uqsthom6
Uqsthom6
Member since 15 Mar 2017
Total posts 21
VA Flight this morning MEL to SYDNEY
Victor G
Victor G
Etihad - Etihad Guest
Member since 02 Jul 2015
Total posts 17
No discernible improvement on the routes I have flown in the past two weeks. I flew BNE-MEL at 1655 hours yesterday and received a cookie. For a 2hr 20min flight at dinner time that's a pretty paltry offering.
julius-grafton
julius-grafton
Member since 23 May 2012
Total posts 10
Returning from Melb on Saturday 1pm, we had a fresh celery dip with some kind of cracker. I was ready to pay $5 for cheese and crackers and this was more than equal. So it looks like some things are changing!