Which Plane?

[orlandochris]

We're flying to Orlando with Virgin Atlantic in June, and were wondering which planes were being used out of Gatwick at the moment (ie plane type, name and entertainment system if possible).

I know this has been asked a few times before, but I can't find any recent threads on this subject.

Thanks in advance[msnsmile2]

[mizzy]

Hi Chris

if you look at the topic that shows aircraft rotation from manchester this is the lgw/mch fleet and thanks to mach 2 all the info is there on page one for you[msnsmile]

http://www.orlando-guide.info/forums/topic_23152.asp

[LiesaAnna]

mach2 is sure to be around soon, she knows the planes etc.....

[christhear]

I find they vary greatly. They are all Jumbo's with the 3-4-3 seat configuration in the economy area. Sometimes you get a newish plane with the entertainment system that includes games and other times you get planes that are well past their sell by date.
In february going out the plane was terrible, only the old entertainment system ans 2 out of 3 of our screens were faulty. The plane had definately seen better days. Coming home we had a newer plane, much cleaner with the new entertainment system. However 1 screen out of 3 didn't work and 1 of the other screens kept changing channels on its own.
IMHO Virgin are letting things slip a bit.
We are going with BA in August so will see if thats any better.

[jillizzy]

Chris this is the most recent stats I have for Gatwick, although it can change daily and there are no guarantees.

Sun 1st Barbarella
Mon 2nd Hot Lips
Tues 3rd Hot Lips
Wed 4th Jersey Girl
Thurs 5th Hot Lips
Frid 6th Ruby Tuesday
Sat 7th Hot Lips
Sun 8th Hot Lips
Mon 9th Ladybird
Tues 10th Hot Lips

All the aircraft are 747-400s, and with the exception of Ruby Tuesday and Ladybird they have the SuperNova entertainment system with no games.

Ruby Tuesday and Ladybird have the Odyssey entertainment system with games.

The above stats are for the VS27. If you want others I'll point you in the right direction.

Jill

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by orlandochris
We're flying to Orlando with Virgin Atlantic in June, and were wondering which planes were being used out of Gatwick at the moment (ie plane type, name and entertainment system if possible).

I know this has been asked a few times before, but I can't find any recent threads on this subject.

Thanks in advance[msnsmile2]
[/quote]

Chris it will be one of these................

G-VLIP Hotlips (Nova)
G-VROM Barberella (Nova)
G-VROY Pretty Woman (Nova)
G-VROS English Rose (Nova)
G-VGAL Jersey Girl (Nova)
G-VAST Ladybird (Odyssey)
G-VTOP Virginia Plain (Odyssey)
G-VXLG Ruby Tuesday (Odyssey)

For your info........

NOVA
During the summer of 2001 Virgin took delivery of five 747-400 aircraft (the cancelled Alitalia order), these were fitted with an Inflight Entertainment system new to Virgin Atlantic supplied by Thales. The new product, called 'Nova' has 8 channels of seat back entertainment consisting of:
Movie channels
2 kids channels (featuring a combination of movies and tv programming)
1 TV channel which works on a cycle basis showing a selection of current TV programming
14 audio channels ranging from soul to Classical music
Moving Skymap display which plots the aircraft's flight path
Bulkhead Telephone
The Nova system is on a selection of LGW 747-400. As these aircraft have Suite fit-outs, they get "Super Nova" (an enhanced version of Nova, but it still ain't V:Port).
Registration Aircraft Name
G-VGAL 747-443 Jersey Girl
G-VLIP 747-443 Hot Lips
G-VROM 747-443 Barbarella
G-VROS 747-443 English Rose
G-VROY 747-443 Pretty Woman

Odyssey is also a popular system, fitted on aircraft delivered between 1997 & 2002. It offers 10 movie channels, 8 TV channels, 2 kids channels, 14 audio channels and 35 Nintendo games.
Registration Aircraft Name
G-VAST Ladybird
G-VTOP Virginia Plain
G-VXLG Ruby Tuesday (Odyssey)

Happy Flying[msnwink]

[orlandochris]

Thanks for all the info - fingers crossd we get a decent plane (with tv's that actually work)[msnsmile2]