An ex-pilot for Virgin Australia is suing the airline for one million dollars relating to back injuries he alleges he suffered due to lugging around 18kg of flight manuals, something he states could not have occurred if the information was stored on an iPad. More »
People found Steve Jobs inspirational. A Bulgarian school found him so inspirational that they decided to rename their establishment in his honour. Now Virgin America has named one of its planes in memory of him too. More »
Though Qantas has toyed with in-flight Wi-Fi in the past, both it and top domestic competitor, Virgin, have been coy on future plans…until now. Qantas has told Australian Business Traveller that it’s on the cards, and the same site reports that Virgin is “evaluating a number of entertainment options, including Wi-Fi.” More »
I ask because Telstra has just started 24/7 Twitter support and finally launched Facebook customer service, too. We can be hard on the telcos (usually rightfully so) but this is good to see. Still, I’d like to hear about your experience. More »
Back in May, the Australian Communication and Media Authority (ACMA) reported what you and I already knew: “The complexity of plans and how they are framed make it virtually impossible to compare them accurately.” That got local price comparison site, WhistleOut, crunching the numbers, and the result is this fantastic infographic. More »
Virgin has just dragged its $29 Big Cap 29 from post paid to prepaid. The new Prepaid option includes $450 worth of talk and text, including unlimited calls between Virgin Mobile numbers, 200MB of data and the ability to rollover unused credit to the following month should you recharge in time. Not bad. [Virgin Mobile]
Speaking to TechRadar about Steve Jobs, Sir Richard Branson commented that “everything he does is real class and if he wants to rename his company Virgin Apple I’d be happy to merge!” Could we see Virgin Apple Galactic taking off in the future? Doubtful, but I bet it’d look a whole heap like 2001: A Space Odyssey. [TechRadar]
Natalie Williamson and her husband were boarding a Virgin Blue flight from Fiji to Sydney recently, when a flight attendant picked up their 17-month old son, put him in the overhead bin, and locked it. It was 10 seconds before the boy was released. It goes on record as the worst-ever game of peek-a-boo. More »
