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#933888 by murrell1968
29 Mar 2017, 07:27
Hi all its been 2 years since we've flown virgin, looking to take the family next May 2018, the last 9 times always been on the 747's, will virgin be looking to fly 787 dream liners on that route. Sorry to Orlando I meant to add
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#933890 by stevebrass
29 Mar 2017, 07:47
Which route?
#933891 by gumshoe
29 Mar 2017, 07:49
You haven't said which route, but if it's currently served by a 747 it must be Orlando, Vegas or the Caribbean which will continue to be served by 747s for a good few years yet.

Sometimes an A330 is used on the Barbados route but it won't be a Dreamliner I'm afraid, they're all based at Heathrow.
#933926 by rosspb
29 Mar 2017, 14:49
How do you find out what aircraft you are flying in advance, for say May this year, is there a website that tells you the plane scheduled for example?

Am flying LHR to JFK and back.
#933929 by tontybear
29 Mar 2017, 17:01
rosspb wrote:How do you find out what aircraft you are flying in advance, for say May this year, is there a website that tells you the plane scheduled for example?

Am flying LHR to JFK and back.


In the flight details section in the booking process and in manage your bookings it indicates what plane type is scheduled to operate a particular flight. VS don't publish which named plane will operate a route.
#933955 by rosspb
30 Mar 2017, 11:34
tontybear wrote:
rosspb wrote:How do you find out what aircraft you are flying in advance, for say May this year, is there a website that tells you the plane scheduled for example?

Am flying LHR to JFK and back.


In the flight details section in the booking process and in manage your bookings it indicates what plane type is scheduled to operate a particular flight. VS don't publish which named plane will operate a route.


Ok thanks found that, just wondered if there was a public schedule somewhere that listed the planes for example...
#933957 by gumshoe
30 Mar 2017, 12:32
No.

For a start, I doubt VS will have planned two months out which individual aircraft will operate each individual flight.

But even if they had, for security reasons such information would never be made public.

At best you may be able to work out the day before which plane you'll be on based on where it normally flies in from, but even that's no guarantee due to maintenance schedules, technical problems etc.
#933963 by rosspb
30 Mar 2017, 16:55
gumshoe wrote:No.

For a start, I doubt VS will have planned two months out which individual aircraft will operate each individual flight.

But even if they had, for security reasons such information would never be made public.

At best you may be able to work out the day before which plane you'll be on based on where it normally flies in from, but even that's no guarantee due to maintenance schedules, technical problems etc.


Of course with security in mind makes sense, but would presume that as they list the type of aircraft they know what plane will fly... The route VS137/138 seems to be a mix of 3 types of planes based on previous info on here.
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