Virgin Australia Unveils First Phase Of Inflight Entertainment Plans

[lovestotravel]

If 2 hours on VA costed the same as 2 hours on a Brisbane train then I'd expect no seat back TV's...........

 

[markis10]

If 2 hours on VA costed the same as 2 hours on a Brisbane train then I'd expect no seat back TV's...........

It often can, OOL- MEL was $11 cheaper with VA than a OOL BNE round trip of the same duration via train during the recent sale .

 

[pshepvic]

I'm also not quite sure if Qld Rail's maintenance standards are quite the same as Virgin Australia's...


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[docjames]

<snip>
We have today announced that we will be collaborating with industry leader, Lufthansa Systems, to develop a state of-the-art inflight entertainment system using Wi-Fi technology delivered to personal, hand-held devices on our aircraft.
Group Executive Product and Guest Services, Martin Daley, said the two companies had signed a letter of intent to produce and install the initial systems, known as BoardConnect, from mid-2012.<snip>.

Any update on eta?

 

[mickeyc747]

Group Executive Product and Guest Services, Martin Daley

Yes he was moved on (sacked ) earlier this year.

 

[lazybones1987]

Group Executive Product and Guest Services, Martin Daley

Yes he was moved on (sacked ) earlier this year.

Errr, no ......

 

[markis10]

Errr, no ......

Agree, he is still at the Village!

 

[mickeyc747]

Agree, he is still at the Village!

Borghetti revamps
flight
deck for new
tilt at Qantas
Andrew Cleary
Virgin Australia chief executive John
Borghetti has completed sweeping
changes to the airline's senior management
team, bringing in two key
people and unveiling a new organisa
tional
structure as his fight against
Qantas for the loyalty of corporate
Australia intensifies.
Under the new organisational
structure announced internally yes
terday,
Virgin's executive committee
will add a head of sales for the first
time and combine the management
of the company's brand and cus
tomer
experience. The two new hirings
complete
Mr Borghetti's
shake-up of the airline's senior management
less than two years into the
job. Only two of 10 top executives
beneath the CEO have been at the
company longer than him.
According to an internal email
obtained by The Australian Finan
cial
Review, Mr Borghetti has
poached former Qantas and British
Airways executive Mark Hassell to
fill the brand and customer experience
role. The focus of the position
will be managing "end-to-end customer
experience", including prod
uct
and service development, market
ing,
customer relations and lounges.
The promotion of Mr Hassell has
expedited the departure of Martin
Daley, group executive of product
and guest services, who had been
with the company for 12 years. The
role of Liz Savage, responsible for
sales, marketing and the Velocity Fre


I also have an Email confirming he finished at the end of May.

 

[mickeyc747]

Sorry that is an article I read,in April, sorry about the cut and paste job.

 

[docjames]

The status of their group executive is all very interesting, but surely SOMEONE is looking at this.

Wonder if the VA rep can update us on status (of IFE, not personnel)?

 

[markis10]

I think you will find he is still there, he was quoted mid June on the PER lounge redevelopment.

 

[mickeyc747]

Sent you a private message with a copy of the email

 

[markis10]

Sent you a private message with a copy of the email

Not sure why someone who left would be commenting on product two weeks ago! Then again it was an AusBT article!

Virgin Australia upgrades Perth Airport lounge - Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class - Australian Business Traveller

He also needs to update his linkedin profile

 

[Fruitcake]

Not sure why someone who left would be commenting on product two weeks ago! Then again it was an AusBT article!

Obviously he's such a fanboi he works for free !

 

[Virgin Australia]

The status of their group executive is all very interesting, but surely SOMEONE is looking at this.

Wonder if the VA rep can update us on status (of IFE, not personnel)?

Hi docjames, a brief update: as announced earlier this year we're on track to start trialling this in the next few months. Once we have more details we'll let everyone know.

 

[lovestotravel]

Thanks for the update, but what happened to the Samsung Galaxy trial that started months ago (April/May) and nothing has been heard of since...

WiFi/Tablets are not an acceptable IFE solution

 

[Fruitcake]

Thanks for the update, but what happened to the Samsung Galaxy trial that started months ago (April/May) and nothing has been heard of since...

My father has been offered the Galaxy tablets on several occasions during the past few months.

 

[lovestotravel]

My father has been offered the Galaxy tablets on several occasions during the past few months.

Ask him for the rego of the plane, I have yet to see it on any aircraft and have been on at least 20 over the past few months.. But that does leave more than 1/2

 

[pat25d]

WiFi/Tablets are not an acceptable IFE solution

Might need to learn to love it, it looks as though that's the way airlines are heading.

 

[Fruitcake]

Ask him for the rego of the plane, I have yet to see it on any aircraft and have been on at least 20 over the past few months.. But that does leave more than 1/2

His travel obsessiveness falls a little short of that level, sorry.