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Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 Upper Class Cabin - 2012
Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 Upper Class Cabin - 2012
Virgin Atlantic has always been renowned for their innovative service since their founding in 1984 with a single Boeing 747-100 serving Newark Liberty Airport to London Gatwick Airport. They were the first airline to introduce a Premium Economy Class, a cross between First Class/Business Class. A product called Upper Class, and personal TV's at every seat going back to 1989. Virgin also pioneered the unique "Clubhouse" and chauffeur driven limousine features for Upper Class passengers. In the last few years, the industry has become much more competitive for premium passengers and Virgin America has been prompted to up its game or risk falling behind. Upper Class is the equivalent of business class on all Virgin Atlantic flights. Virgin Atlantic does not offer a traditional First Class cabin service. Introduced in 2004, This Upper Class seat is claimed by the Virgin Atlantic to be the biggest fully flat bed of any airline's business class service. It has a seat pitch of 72 inches and a width of 22 inches. The seat offers in-seat laptop power and power leads for iPods, and Upper Class passengers have access to a chauffeur, drive-through check-in and private security channel at some airports. The famed Virgin Atlantic Clubhouses, a larger menu than that of Premium Economy and Economy passengers and the iconic in-flight bar top off the picture. The on-board massuse was discontinued a number of years ago, however. The seats in the Upper Class cabin are arranged in a Herringbone seating design in the 3 Upper Class Cabins: a 4 abreast and 2 abreast configuration on the lower-deck and a 2 abreast configuration on the upper-deck. Most Airbus A330-300 aircraft are not fitted with Upper Class but new Airbus A330s introduced in April, 2012 will include Virgin Atlantic's new 'Upper Class Dream Suite' seats and cabin, which began service on April 21 and will be rolled out through the rest of the Virgin Atlantic fleet by 2015, especially as the Airbus A380s and Boeing 787 Dreamliners come online. These images were taken in June, 2012 on flights between MIA, Miami International Airport and London Heathrow Airport.
Virgin Atlantic has always been renowned for their innovative service since their founding in 1984 with a single Boeing 747-100 serving Newark Liberty Airport to London Gatwick Airport. They were the first airline to introduce a Premium Economy Class, a cross between First Class/Business Class. A product called Upper Class, and personal TV's at every seat going back to 1989. Virgin also pioneered the unique "Clubhouse" and chauffeur driven limousine features for Upper Class passengers. In the last few years, the industry has become much more competitive for premium passengers and Virgin America has been prompted to up its game or risk falling behind. Upper Class is the equivalent of business class on all Virgin Atlantic flights. Virgin Atlantic does not offer a traditional First Class cabin service. Introduced in 2004, This Upper Class seat is claimed by the Virgin Atlantic to be the biggest fully flat bed of any airline's business class service. It has a seat pitch of 72 inches and a width of 22 inches. The seat offers in-seat laptop power and power leads for iPods, and Upper Class passengers have access to a chauffeur, drive-through check-in and private security channel at some airports. The famed Virgin Atlantic Clubhouses, a larger menu than that of Premium Economy and Economy passengers and the iconic in-flight bar top off the picture. The on-board massuse was discontinued a number of years ago, however. The seats in the Upper Class cabin are arranged in a Herringbone seating design in the 3 Upper Class Cabins: a 4 abreast and 2 abreast configuration on the lower-deck and a 2 abreast configuration on the upper-deck. Most Airbus A330-300 aircraft are not fitted with Upper Class but new Airbus A330s introduced in April, 2012 will include Virgin Atlantic's new 'Upper Class Dream Suite' seats and cabin, which began service on April 21 and will be rolled out through the rest of the Virgin Atlantic fleet by 2015, especially as the Airbus A380s and Boeing 787 Dreamliners come online. These images were taken in June, 2012 on flights between MIA, Miami International Airport and London Heathrow Airport.
