InFlight Entertainment
Virgin Atlantic currently have three different types of inflight entertainment systems across their fleet, and Virgin America one. With the arrival of the A330-300 to the fleet, a new system VERA Touch is now the top of the line for Virgin Atlantic, and many of its features mimic those seen in Virgin America's RED system. It should be no surprise then, that both have a shared heritage, as RED was originally developed by a Virgin Atlantic inhouse team.
VERA Reel (Originally Odyssey)
Aircraft delivered between 1997 and 2002 were fitted with state-of-the-art Matsushita Avionic Systems IFE. The VERA Reel system offers 20 channels of entertainment plus much more as follows:- 10 movie channels
- 2 kids channels (featuring a combination of movies and tv programming)
- 8 TV channels featuring music, sport & news, comedy and kids programming plus the exclusive Virgin Travel guide
- 14 audio channels ranging from soul to Classical music
- A choice of 35 Nintendo Games
- Moving Skymap display which plots the aircraft's flight path
- In-seat telephones (located on the reverse of the handset)
Registration | Aircraft Name | Aircraft Type |
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VERA On Demand (Originally V:Port)
This system is onboard 747-400s and A340-600s. It offers Video on Demand where passengers can watch or listen to what they want and can start, pause or rewind their chosen movie, TV show or CD. What it features:- 10.4 inch screen in Upper Class
- 9 inch screen in Premium Economy / Economy
- 300 hours of Video on Demand content
- 14 channels of Audio on Demand and a jukebox with over 45 CDs ranging from Chopin to Elvis Presley to PJ Harvey. Passengers can listen to an entire CD or just an individual track.
- A selection of audio books
- 15 computer games, of which 3 are multi-player and one, Battlemail Kung-fu, has been developed exclusively for Virgin
- A Quick Find facility that allows passengers to look for films starring their favourite movie star, comedy shows or language programming
- A dedicated Kids Zone that has its own menus and contains programming suitable for children and a parental block
- The system will allows passengers to send emails and SMS messages.
- IMap is a brand new fully interactive map application - not only can passengers track their flight, but they can also roam around the world, zoom in on different destinations and points of interest.
The VERA On Demand system is on all A340-600 series and certain 747-400 aircraft.
Registration | Aircraft Name | Aircraft Type |
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G-VROC | Mustang Sally | 747-41R |
G-VWOW | Cosmic Girl | 747-41R |
G-VBIG | Tinker Belle | 747-4Q8 |
G-VFAB | Lady Penelope | 747-4Q8 |
G-VHOT | Tubular Belle | 747-4Q8 |
G-VSUN | Rainbow Lady | A340-311 |
G-VBLU | Soul Sister | A340-642 |
G-VBUG | Lady Bird | A340-642 |
G-VEIL | Queen Of The Skies | A340-642 |
G-VFIT | Dancing Queen | A340-642 |
G-VFIZ | Bubbles | A340-642 |
G-VGAS | Varga Girl | A340-642 |
G-VRED | Scarlet Lady | A340-642 |
G-VWEB | Surfer Girl | A340-642 |
G-VWIN | Lady Luck | A340-642 |
G-VWKD | Miss Behavin | A340-642 |
G-VYOU | Emmeline Heaney | A340-642 |
VERA Touch (Originally JAM)
This system is onboard A339-300 aircraft. It extends the features of V:PORT with a touch-screen, the ability to plug in your own portable devices and rate content. What it features:- Touchscreen
- Premium Economy also features touchscreen handset
- iTunes-like carousel interface
- Rate movies and TV Shows
- 'Play' your own content through USB
- Movies, games, TV shows and Sky bulletins
The VERA Touch system is on all A330-300 aircraft.
Registration | Aircraft Name | Aircraft Type |
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G-VAST | Ladybird | 747-41R |
G-VXLG | Ruby Tuesday | 747-41R |
G-VGAL | Jersey Girl | 747-443 |
G-VLIP | Hot Lips | 747-443 |
G-VROM | Barbarella | 747-443 |
G-VROS | English Rose | 747-443 |
G-VROY | Pretty Woman | 747-443 |
G-VGBR | Golden Girl | A330-343X |
G-VGEM | Diamond Girl | A330-343X |
G-VINE | Champagne Belle | A330-343X |
G-VKSS | Mademoiselle Rouge | A330-343X |
G-VLUV | Lady Love | A330-343X |
G-VNYC | Uptown Girl | A330-343X |
G-VRAY | Miss Sunshine | A330-343X |
G-VSXY | Beauty Queen | A330-343X |
G-VUFO | Lady Stardust | A330-343X |
G-VWAG | Miss England | A330-343X |
G-VAHH | Dream Girl | B787-9 |
G-VNEW | Birthday Girl | B787-9 |
G-VOOH | Miss Chief | B787-9 |
G-VWHO | Mystery Girl | B787-9 |
G-VYUM | Ruby Murray | B787-9 |
G-VZIG | Dream Jeannie | B787-9 |
Red
This system is used on Virgin America aircraft based on the Linux operating system, and originally developed in conjunction with Virgin Atlantic. A touch-screen interface is used to order menu items, play games, shop or watch content including TV and latest Hollywood releases. The content on Red is a mixture of free and chargeable - the latter being paid for by swiping your credit/debit card in the controller handset. Red also features Google Maps and GoGo internet - so you can keep in touch with V-Flyer wherever you are ;-)
Registration | Aircraft Name | Aircraft Type |
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N521VA | Let There Be Flight | A319-112 |
N522VA | The 1 Year-Old Virgin | A319-112 |
N523VA | Contents May Be Under Pressure | A319-112 |
N524VA | Dark Horse | A319-112 |
N525VA | Virgin & Tonic | A319-112 |
N526VA | Jane | A319-112 |
N527VA | Tubular Belle | A319-112 |
N528VA | Fog Cutter | A319-112 |
N529VA | Moodlights, Camera, Action | A319-112 |
N530VA | GoGo Dancer | A319-112 |
N621VA | Air Colbert | A320-214 |
N622VA | California Dreaming | A320-214 |
N623VA | Three If By Air | A320-214 |
N624VA | Red, White & Blue | A320-214 |
N625VA | Jefferson Airplane | A320-214 |
N626VA | Unicorn Chaser | A320-214 |
N627VA | Runway Angel | A320-214 |
N628VA | Entourage Air | A320-214 |
N629VA | Midnight Ride | A320-214 |
N630VA | Superfly | A320-214 |
N631VA | Chic Mobile | A320-214 |
N632VA | YouTube Air | A320-214 |
N633VA | The Tom Clark Express | A320-214 |
N634VA | Mach Daddy | A320-214 |
N635VA | My Other Ride's A Spaceship | A320-214 |
N636VA | Airplane 2.0 | A320-214 |
N637VA | An Airplane Named Desire | A320-214 |
N638VA | San Francisco Pride | A320-214 |
N639VA | Air Drake | A320-214 |
N640VA | Refresh Air | A320-214 |
N641VA | DotComSecrets Air | A320-214 |
N642VA | Breanna Jewel | A320-214 |
N835VA | Arnold | A320-214 |
N836VA | Spruce Moose | A320-214 |
N837VA | Air VH1 | A320-214 |
N838VA | DFW one | A320-214 |
N839VA | Myles from Connemara | A320-214 |
N840VA | bytheway | A320-214 |
N841VA | #nerdbird | A320-214 |
N842VA | real steel | A320-214 |
N843VA | VAmanos! | A320-214 |
N844VA | sol plane | A320-214 |
N845VA | stay hungry, stay foolish | A320-214 |
N846VA | glitter girl | A320-214 |
N847VA | Scarlett O'air | A320-214 |
N848VA | bellapierre | A320-214 |
N849VA | fly bye baby | A320-214 |
N851VA | A320-214 | |
N852VA | safady voyager | A320-214 |
N853VA | A320-214 | |
N854VA | A320-214 |