Return of Wifi on Virgin Australia

[twinaisle]

There is inconsistency among the VA cabin crew, which is probably inevitable given there are so many of them. I always bring my iPad on board, which has a keyboard case. Maybe 1 in every 5 flights I'm asked to fold the keyboard away for takeoff and landing.

You actually have to take off the keyboard for take off and landing.

"iPads or devices with keyboards must be switched off and stowed away for take off and landing"

Anything larger than the safety instruction card has to be stowed.

 

[shuuy]

There is inconsistency among the VA cabin crew, which is probably inevitable given there are so many of them. I always bring my iPad on board, which has a keyboard case. Maybe 1 in every 5 flights I'm asked to fold the keyboard away for takeoff and landing.

I'm asked 5x out of 5 to close the keyboard (but can keep using the iPad)

 

[henrus]

Does anyone have an update into the percentage with wifi?

 

[Mattg]

I’ve had generally good experiences with the free wifi for Plat/J on my last few flights.

Last night wasn’t great though - it would remember my login status for about 2 minutes and then disconnect, requiring me to enter my surname and seat number each time to reconnect. Had to enter those details a dozen times between MEL and CBR - lucky it was a short flight.

 

[henrus]

Is it just me or when you fly forward on a flight it doesn’t know your details. The live chat will happily issue a code to use but I wonder if there is a cutoff for when VA submit the passenger list to wifi onboard.

 

[Human]

Is it just me or when you fly forward on a flight it doesn’t know your details. The live chat will happily issue a code to use but I wonder if there is a cutoff for when VA submit the passenger list to wifi onboard.

Whenever I fly forward I have no problems accessing wifi if it's available. Generally, though, I call earlier in the day so my Fly Forward flight is organised several hours beforehand.

 

[henrus]

I call earlier in the day so my Fly Forward flight is organised several hours beforehand.

Yesterday I did it about 45 minutes before departure via a kiosk.

 

[henrus]

Does anyone know what percentage of the fleet is now fitted?

 

[twinaisle]

Does anyone know what percentage of the fleet is now fitted?

30 aircraft yet to be fitted out of the entire 737 fleet which include -700