V Australia and Virgin America side-by-side in T3 at LAX. Their logo seems fresh and inviting, and let's hope they use that neon-blue mood lighting in their aircraft cabins! There's a new crew in town!! I just wonder how many people will walk-by their logo and say "Hey check that out, there's a new airline called vaustralia" (pronouncing it is 'vostralia' as opposed to vee-australia).
This is the small chariot that carried us from LAX to SFO. This specific aircraft was an A320-200... oh wait... yeah you got me!... This was N633VA sitting at Gate 35 refuelling and getting ready for our short dash up to San Francisco.
Hey hey.. check it out! The first time I've ever seen an Air France aircraft in the metal!! Pity it had to be their A343 instead of their 77W, but really nice to finally see an AF aircraft. After arriving from CDG (I assume) this AF A343 (F-GLZS) soaks up the California sun as it taxi's to T1 to park alongside the earlier-arriving AF 777-300ER.
Close-up of one of the CFM56-5B's that hang under each of VX's A320s/A319s. Nice fan-blades and nice reflection of the wing on the engine cover.
This is one of the rare 10 A319's in the VX fleet (N522VA - the name you can see for yourself. Cute). This was parked at Gate 36, and this small pocket-rocket was just about to head-off to JFK.
Another rare catch. This is one of TACA's A320s (N682TA)...this specific aircraft has only been in TACA's possession for about 5 months now ( TACA is based in El Salvador). Alongside this little tucka is the AF A343 and the even larger AF 77W!
This was our inflight 'snack'/'meal' on our VX flight from LAX to SFO... complimentary of course since we were in First Class (seats 1A anf 1C... no 1B). The first 'cup' was a fancy small salad. The second was some real tasty chocolate mousse...and the third... err, I didn't try it because it reminded me of a science experiment I did in primary school where we had to try and grow a seed in a plastic cup. It's funny that the napkin, knife, fork & spoon took up as much space as the food itself. Hey, at least we got unlimited drinks...big recline white leather seats with in-built massage feature... hehehe!
Oh hey there's my Pepsi...and there's the inflight entertainment. Impressive thing about VX is that even the Economy cabin has AVOD at each seat...which makes VX light years ahead of most other American carriers. I'll definitely be looking to fly VX if/when I travel to Las Vegas or Seattle.
I didn't want to get up out of my seat, stand in the middle of the isle and point my DSLR straight down the cabin and freak-out every passenger, so I just turned the camera around as I stayed-put in my seat and literally just hoped for an interesting shot. ...and an interesting shot is what I got!! The mood-lighting looks awesome (I hope V Australia does something very similar) and the stylish design elements really set VX apart from other airlines!
Taken after we arrvied at SFO. The weather looked rather daunting (it got a lot worse on the drive home!) but I had enough patience to fiddle around with the camera settings to get a nice lighting and colour mix.
So there ya have it folks... a detailed trip report of my migrating flight to the United States! As I said, this will probably be my last trip report for quite a while, so I thought I'd treat everyone to a lot of photos. I hope you guys enjoyed the photos and the quirky captions!
Feel free to ask a whole bunch of questions about the QF A380 or any other aspect of this trip. ...
I don't bite! .. hehe.
I hope everyone had a great Australia Day.... and I hope you're all starting to catch the V Australia excitement bug as their delivery flight to SYD nears!! Just remember... when it comes to V Australia spotting, remind yourself to:
"Do it for Shameel!!"..... just kidding!