Our Virgin Australia B787 on the tarmac of the Canberra Airport just before its flight to Brisbane
Our family was flying to Brisbane where we would take a connecting flight on to Singapore to meet up with my parents for a holiday together. We chose this flight as it was cheaper than the direct flight with Singapore Airlines and also avoided flying through the night which isn’t my favourite.
Virgin’s Airitalia ATR turboprop ready for it’s flight to Canberra
I had never flown on this particular type of aircraft before so I was interested to see what it was like. This joint venture French/Italian manufactured turboprop aircraft has just 68 seats with it’s passenger door located at the rear. Continue reading
Boarding our Virgin B737-800 plane the old fashioned way
Sad to be leaving, we made our way to Coolangatta Airport for our flight home. The weather had been perfect on our trip so we didn’t mind that whilst we were inside the airport waiting to board our flight, it started raining. Due to the strong winds in Melbourne and Sydney some flights had been delayed, but fortunately our flight left just ten minutes later than scheduled. Continue reading
Our Virgin Boeing 737-800 plane on the tarmac at Coolangatta Airport on the Gold Coast
Excited to be spending a few days at the Gold Coast with our eldest daughter on her Birthday, we booked our flights with Virgin who were offering departure times that best suited us along with reasonable prices. Continue reading