Virgin Blue 737 Fleet- Live 2 Air

Jack Melon · #1 15th October 2010, 04:51 PM

Virgin Blue Live'2'air FLEET - Yes or no. 737'S ONLY!!
**Please note i am not including VH-VBQ as it has left the fleet to southwest.
737-700's.
VH-VBA FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBB FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBC FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBD FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBF FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBH FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBI FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBJ FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBK FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBL FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBM FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBN FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBO FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBP FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBR FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBS FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBU- LIVE 2 AIR WILL NEVER BE INSTALLED.
VH-VBV FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBY FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VBZ FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
737-800's'
VH-VOA FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VOB FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VOC FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VOD FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VOK FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VOL FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VOM FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VON FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VOO TO PACIFIC BLUE
VH-VOP TO PACIFIC BLUE
VH-VOQ FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VOR TO POLYNESIAN BLUE
VH-VOS FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VOT FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VOU FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VOV FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VOW FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VOX FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VUA FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VUB TO PACIFIC BLUE
VH-VUC FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VUD TO PACIFIC BLUE
VH-VUE FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VUF FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VUG TO PACIFIC BLUE
VH-VUH TO PACIFIC BLUE
VH-VUI FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VUJ FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VUK FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VUL FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VUM FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VUN FITTED WITH LIVE 2 AIR
VH-VUO TO PACIFIC BLUE
VH-VUP TO PACIFIC BLUE
VH-VUQ TO PACIFIC BLUE
VH-VUR LIVE 2 AIR NOT INSTALLED YET- OR MAYBE NEW IFE SYSTEM
VH-VUS LIVE 2 AIR NOT INSTALLED YET- OR MAYBE NEW IFE SYSTEM
VH-VUT LIVE 2 AIR NOT INSTALLED YET- OR MAYBE NEW IFE SYSTEM
VH-VUU LIVE 2 AIR NOT INSTALLED YET- OR MAYBE NEW IFE SYSTEM
VH-VUV LIVE 2 AIR NOT INSTALLED YET- OR MAYBE NEW IFE SYSTEM
VH-VUW LIVE 2 AIR NOT INSTALLED YET- OR MAYBE NEW IFE SYSTEM
VH-VUX LIVE 2 AIR NOT INSTALLED YET- OR MAYBE NEW IFE SYSTEM
VH-BZG LIVE 2 AIR NOT INSTALLED YET- OR MAYBE NEW IFE SYSTEM

Rob R · #2 15th October 2010, 05:12 PM

No new aircraft will have live 2 air fitted, it's a thing of the past and a new system will appear early next year.

Jason Carruthers · #3 15th October 2010, 05:41 PM

I'm quite happy to see the back of live2air, I have never been fussed with it since it's inception. I much preferred the Blue Beats audio channels before hand. I used live2air the other night for free on a delayed flight and it dropped out 3-4 times at least on a 90 minute sector. I would have been pretty annoyed if I had paid to use it.

out of interest do the newer non live2air 73H's (VUR onwards) feature Blue Beats or are they IFEless until the new system is rolled out.

It will be interesting to see whats around the corner.

Jack Melon · #4 15th October 2010, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob R

No new aircraft will have live 2 air fitted, it's a thing of the past and a new system will appear early next year.

Yeah for their buisness class or whatever there doing new

Jack Melon · #5 15th October 2010, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jason Carruthers

I'm quite happy to see the back of live2air, I have never been fussed with it since it's inception. I much preferred the Blue Beats audio channels before hand. I used live2air the other night for free on a delayed flight and it dropped out 3-4 times at least on a 90 minute sector. I would have been pretty annoyed if I had paid to use it.

out of interest do the newer non live2air 73H's (VUR onwards) feature Blue Beats or are they IFEless until the new system is rolled out.

It will be interesting to see whats around the corner.

Id say they would mate

Brock Little · #6 15th October 2010, 08:24 PM

I wonder if the E190s will have the new IFE system installed?

Jack Melon · #7 15th October 2010, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Brock Little

I wonder if the E190s will have the new IFE system installed?

Theres rumours they will. I hve heard they diddnt want the e-jets fitted with live'2'air because of system problems or something and they said with a new ife they would install them with the rest of the fleet. Only rumours though.

Brock Little · #8 15th October 2010, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Melon

Theres rumours they will. I hve heard they diddnt want the e-jets fitted with live'2'air because of system problems or something and they said with a new ife they would install them with the rest of the fleet. Only rumours though.

I would have thought they didn't have Live2Air installed because of the short routes that they are usually deployed on.

Jack Melon · #9 15th October 2010, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brock Little

I would have thought they didn't have Live2Air installed because of the short routes that they are usually deployed on.

Yeah true but more with the e170, the 190 does the longest route virgin does (domestic) i think. But the e190s do short and long just depends

Robert S · #10 15th October 2010, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason Carruthers

I used live2air the other night for free on a delayed flight and it dropped out 3-4 times at least on a 90 minute sector. I would have been pretty annoyed if I had paid to use it.

In cases where that happens and the crew make that choice to make it free, those who swiped will not end up getting charged for it.

I don't normally use it, but I did use it flying back from Perth and other than periods during climb and descent, it worked flawlessly all the way back to Sydney, even across the Bight.

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out of interest do the newer non live2air 73H's (VUR onwards) feature Blue Beats or are they IFEless until the new system is rolled out.

I flew VH-VUV over to Perth (which I imagine is one of DJ's longer domestic legs), and I can tell you there was a lot of surprise and some disappointment to passengers to find no live2air on board. In the end I suppose it wasn't so bad - I had plenty of music on the iPhone and it ended up being quite relaxing - but I had intended to use the Live2Air had it been there.

This aircraft did feature the traditional Blue Beats audio, but compared to pre-Live2Air, I found the content to be very poor and the audio quality even worse, even with my own noice-cancelling earphones. There are just five channels, basically Pop, Comedy, Classical, Kids and "Pacific Beats". I didn't try out the Comedy for very long, as it was playing what every airline comedy channel always plays... vintage Bill Cosby.