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In-flight entertainment on Virgin

By the Travel Editors at VacationIdea.com, Last Update: Jun 22, 2004
Virgin Atlantic operates wide-bodied aircraft that offer individual TV screens and a choice of channels to passengers in all classes of service. Currently, the Virgin's aircraft are outfitted with four different systems. The newest, V-Port, offers Video on Demand and will soon let you send & receive e-mails and surf the intranet.

Some of Virgin’s 747-400 and A340 aircraft are equipped with Virgin Arcadia, an interactive entertainment system by Rockwell Collins of California, USA. Virgin Arcadia offers 14 video channels and 9 CD audio channels, including:

  • 6 movie channels
  • 2 kids channels
  • 6 TV channels
  • 9 audio channels ranging from soul to Classical music
  • 10 Nintendo Games
  • Moving Skymap with the aircraft's flight path
  • Bulkhead telephones

All new 747-400 and A340 aircraft delivered since 1997 offer the Odyssey system with 20 channels and other entertainment features, including:

  • 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)

Five 747-400 aircraft placed in service during the summer of 2001 offer the Virgin Nova in-flight entertainment system supplied by Thales. Nova has 8 channels of entertainment, including:

  • 5 movie channels
  • 2 kids channels (featuring a combination of movies and tv programming)
  • 1 TV channel which works on a cycle basis showing a selection of our current TV programming
  • 14 audio channels ranging from soul music to Classical
  • Moving skymap display which plots the aircraft's flight path
  • Bulkhead Telephone

V-Port is the newest in-flight entertainment system aboard Virgin Atlantic, included onboard G-VWOW and the new A340-600s as they enter the fleet. V-Port's best feature is Video on Demand which allows you to start, pause or rewind your movie, TV show or CD. V-Port offers:

  • 300 hours of Video on content.
  • 14 channels of Audio on Demand and a jukebox with over 45 CDs ranging from Chopin to Elvis Presley to PJ Harvey.
  • 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 Kid’s Zone that has it’s own menus and contains programming suitable for children and a parental block.
  • Later this year the system will allow passengers to send and receive e-mails and surf the intranet.
  • Air to ground SMS text messaging to mobile phones and e-mail addresses.

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