VIRGIN ATLANTIC (VS) HUB
The Virgin Atlantic Airline Hub is a one-stop resource for all things VS. Making interview research easier. Regularly updated.
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Most recent update 2024-06-17
USEFUL RESOURCES
Virgin Atlantic Annual Reports
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Virgin Atlantic Behind The Scenes Blog
FUN FACTS
- In the early ’90s, Virgin Atlantic treated each of its Upper Class customers to a chauffeured motorcycle ride to the airport. Today, first-class flyers receive a free limo ride instead.
- Virgin Atlantic was the world’s first airline to fly pets. Virgin flew its customers’ cats and dogs from the US to London’s Heathrow Airport for the first time in 2003, and has since carried more than 15,000 animals on board. The number of transatlantic poop-related disasters at high-altitude remains unknown.
- All cabin crew are required to wear a watch to work. It can be a smart watch but must have an analogue display with a second hand. Some of our emergency procedures require precise timing and synchronising watches with the pilots. This is so important, the cabin crew won’t be allowed to fly if they haven’t got a watch on their wrist.
- The cabin crew role is a varied one. As well as their day to day duties serving our customers, our cabin crew are trained to deal with any number of situations that might occur on a long haul flight. This means that we carry no less than eight different types of glove onboard for our crew to use. Galley gloves, oven gloves, food delivery gloves, clearing in gloves, gloves for administering first aid, biohazard gloves, fire gloves, toilet gloves. Nine if you count the black gloves that our crew can wear with their uniform in cold climes (such as Heathrow in February). But did you know that the word glove literally means ‘hand shoe’?
- An interesting fact about those small overwing exits you get on some aircraft. The window blinds on these windows open downwards (the opposite of normal window blinds). This is so they don’t close in the event of a hard landing. It’s important anyone opening the exit can see out of the window first. The other thing that’s different at these exit seats is the tray table latch. Unlike other ones, these only turn one way; away from the exit. This is to prevent anyone snagging their clothes on the latch and the table dropping down and obstructing the exit.
