Virgin Australia's Exciting New Business & Economy Menus

Explore Virgin Australia's refreshed menu for November 2024, featuring updated flavours and dining options.

Tom Goward13 Nov 2024

Virgin Australia is taking in-flight dining to new heights this summer with an updated Economy Class menu that offers a mix of vibrant flavours and premium drink options. Starting today, passengers in Economy can enjoy new cocktails in the sky, including Batched Salted Grapefruit Margaritas and Papa Salt Gin Palomas, with new snacks like chocolate waffles and corn chips with salsa.

There’s also more to enjoy at the pointy end, with Virgin Australia updating its Business Class dining later in the month. Passengers can start their day with spiced oats accompanied by coconut and fruit compote, or indulge in waffles topped with rhubarb mascarpone, fresh strawberries, and maple syrup. For main meals, Virgin will intropduce a Singaporean-style chicken curry served with rice and vegetables, as well as pork in a sticky lemon sauce with aged rice and vegetables.

new Virgin Australia business class menu

Ali Dunn, Virgin Australia’s GM for Product and Customer Strategy, claimed the airline was committed to delivering the highest quality in-flight experience.

“We’ve curated a diverse selection of meals and snacks that highlight premium Australian produce and cater to a variety of tastes…From refreshing beverages to delicious new meal options in both Economy and Business Class, our inflight dining has something for everyone.”

Virgin Australia has also introduced digital receipts for onboard purchases which can be downloaded after a flight at virginaustralia.com/onboardreceipts.

Virgin Australia’s New Business Class Menu – November 2024

Starting 20 November 2024, Virgin Australia will debut its refreshed Business Class menu, designed to elevate the inflight dining experience and utilise Australia’s finest local ingredients. The menu is all about celebrating the rich and vibrant flavours of Australia in a way that Virgin describes as a ‘fresh cafe feel’. Each item has been thoughtfully crafted and rigorously taste-tested, to ensure the quality remains top-notch at 35,000 feet.

Virgin Australia’s full refresh to Business Class dining is below, with each item offered on a rotating basis. In addition to a protein selection on every flight, Business passengers have access to vegetarian options.

Breakfast Starter;

Mixed berry and coconut chia
Greek Yoghurt with summer fruits
Fruit salad

Breakfast;

Banana bread with hazelnut spread, mascarpone, fruit and coconut
Spiced oats with coconut and fruit compote
Breakfast quesadilla
Scrambled egg with potato and mushroom with optional chorizo
Bircher muesli with fruit
Passionfruit mango pancake stack
Sausage & frittata with beans
Waffle with rhubarb mascarpone, strawberries and maple syrup
Fresh fruit chia pudding with summer compote
Apple loaf with custard and berry compote
Bacon, scrambled eggs, beans and potato
Vegetable frittata with bean ragout and vegetables

Lunch;

Spiced chicken with rice and salsa
Tomato pesto macaroni with vegetables and optional chicken
Pasta Napolitana with ratatouille and optional chorizo
Singaporean-style chicken curry with rice and vegetables
Beef quesadilla with charred corn salsa
Vegetable and chickpea tagine with aged rice and optional sliced chicken breast

Lunch/Dinner;

Spiced chicken mezze with pitta
Creamy pasta salad with optional chicken
Chicken noodle salad with nuoc nam dressing
Summer potato salad with salsa and optional sliced chicken breast
Chicken pasta salad with tzatziki
Roasted vegetable and couscous salad with optional prosciutto

Dinner;

Mac and cheese with ratatouille and optional chorizo
Beef rendang with aged rice and vegetables
Pork in sticky lemon sauce with aged rice and vegetables
Creamy pasta with mushroom sauce and optional prosciutto
Southern-style chicken with potato wedges, vegetables and boscaiola sauce
Yellow vegetable curry with optional sliced chicken breast

Dessert;

Salted caramel slice
Lemon cake
White chocolate and macadamia cake

Virgin Australia’s New Economy Buy Onboard Menu – November 2024

As part of Virgin Australia’s Economy offering, all passengers receive complimentary Madame Flavour tea, Grinders coffee and water. If you’re seated in Economy and after a little more, Virgin offers a rather comprehensive buy onboard menu.

While hot drinks used to be standard on every flight, Virgin Australia has finally updated the fine print on their onboard menu page to specify that tea and coffee will be “available on most flights over 55 minutes”. That’s great news for consistency and also means that the influx of guests earning Velocity Points after complaining about the misleading offering should now be zero.

From 13 November 2024, Virgin Australia has introduced a refreshed buy onboard menu. For the first time, passengers will be able to enjoy mile-high margaritas and Belgian chocolate waffles!

Below is Virgin Australia’s updated Summer 2024 Economy menu. Here’s what is new;