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.
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;
- Smoked Ham and Cheese Sandwich with Sweet Pickle Relish – $12
- Sweet Chilli Chicken Tenders Wrap – $12
- Pumpkin with Bruschetta Salsa Sandwich – $12
- Cannelloni – $16
- Honey Chicken Fried Rice – $16
- Byron Bay Triple Choc Cookie – $5
- Corn Chips & Salsa – $5
- Belgian Chocolate Waffle – $8
- Papa Salt Gin Paloma – $12
- Batched Salted Grapefruit Margarita – $12
- Brookvale Union Ginger Beer – $12
