TRIPREPORT | Virgin Atlantic (ECONOMY) | London Heathrow - New York JFK | Airbus A350-1000

With the 747s leaving Virgin's fleet, their brand-new A350-1000s are now their flagship! Overall a fantastic plane, operating for a great airline. Let me take you along a flight to New York to show you what I mean!
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--- FLIGHT INFORMATION ---
Airline: Virgin Atlantic
Aircraft: Airbus A350-1000
Registration: G-VLUX
Flight Time: 7h 00min
Seat: 58K
From: London Heathrow
To: New York John F. Kennedy
Date: November 2019
--- EQUIPMENT INFORMATION ---
Cameras used: Canon G7X Mark II, DJI Osmo Pocket
Additional equipment used: Joby Bendipod
--- PRICE BREAKDOWN ---
Total Price: GBP 665.82
Total Routing: LHR-JFK-LHR
Booked through: Virgin Atlantic Website
Cost includes: Economy Class Ticket including one checked bag and free seat reservations
Booking made: October 2019
--- VIDEO BREAKDOWN ---
00:00 - Intro and Map
00:24 - Heathrow Airport
02:06 - Boarding
02:45 - Cabin and Seat
03:59 - Taxi and Take Off
05:07 - Menu Card
05:34 - Seat Features
05:50 - Inflight Entertainment and WiFi
07:11 - Dinner Service
08:35 - Inflight
09:14 - Pre-Landing Snack Box
10:37 - Approach and Landing
11:57 - Deboarding
12:39 - John F. Kennedy Airport
13:10 - Outro
--- COLLABORATION DISCLAIMER ---
This video does not contain product placements. The airline was neither involved nor informed about the production of this Tripreport. The ticket fare was paid by ourselves.
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[@TravelCharlie]

Although this video is from 2019, it's a great reminder to not take things for granted in life.

[@GSU_Panther_Nation]

I can bet you that people will be so used to social distancing and the back to front boarding even after the Covid pandemic is contained. PS: If we ever have another widespread pandemic for instance the influenza pandemic, I can bet you that everyone would be wearing masks again and be socially distanced

[@alangaming2003]

14 Apr 2021 don’t you meant

[@laurel9095]

@@alangaming2003 read the description-

[@laurel9095]

@Cian Ferguson thats when it was posted the video was filmed in 2019

[@thomasdegroot4020]

@Cian Ferguson just read the description its says it right there in the flight description

[@gooner72]

The A350-1000 is the Rolls Royce of the skies, she is a stunning aircraft to look at and imagine that it's a very pleasant experience on board as well. I can't believe how quiet those RR XWB's are on take off, it is unbelievable!!🇬🇧🇬🇧✌✌

[@choudhryzeeshan597]

Oh my god!!! I fly virtually on an international network of aviation enthusiasts and last week i flew the A350 from LHR/EGLL to JFK/KJFK. Now im doing a tour around the USA and fly back to Heathrow next weekend!

[@johnmichaelestuita8429]

This is smart!

[@choudhryzeeshan597]

@@johnmichaelestuita8429 Thank you!!

[@choudhryzeeshan597]

Hello Thank you so so so much for liking my comment!!!! I love your videos so much they are absolutley Awesome! I have been watching them for years!! Please fly from Birmingham, UK!!! I would love to meet you one day!

[@niralvassantilal5623]

how do u fly virtually, please tell me

[@choudhryzeeshan597]

@@niralvassantilal5623 Hello!! I fly using my home flight simulator on an International network called Vatsim. Its basically real life people all over the world where some people are virtual Air traffic controllers and some virtual pilots. I am a virtual pilot.

[@steliosioannou925]

The seat, the seat pocket, the snack box even the plastic knife looks so sleek and elegant!!!

[@zihanzheng7569]

I miss travelling so much

[@rosem7568]

Me too! Such videos especially from James Asquith YT make me just wanna leave my house and head over to the airport

[@Callforgamingz]

Me tooo

[@WarhammerWings]

Blame the Chinese, Americans and French for this disaster.

[@GTAWildestPolicechases]

How french?

[@JacksonHitti]

Love Virgin Atlantic. Great Video the Airbus A350.

[@tomgoldrunbyabhinav9978]

Ur channel provides excellent videos and reviews of various airlines... U deserve a million subs or more for ur effort

[@idiedoof4339]

2:44 Summer Breeze - The Isley Brothers Great song ;D

[@XFXRyan99QPR]

I went on this trip on the A340 back in February 2018, been waiting for this vlog for at least 3 years and it’s finally here!

[@jameschristmas3206]

God I miss flying so much 😫😫

[@GamerBoy-dl7rq]

The a350 is really a majestic plane! Also the landing was a bit harsh.

[@mrparrot9000]

yeah surprising since the a330 and up are nothing but butter machines

[@robinjohn7008]

Hard landing is mostly due to strong wind near airport area.

[@samdana7541]

@@robinjohn7008 i agree

[@spark_6710]

@@robinjohn7008 Yes !! I trust British pilot's skills !!! 👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞

[@GracemarieJohnson2763]

@@robinjohn7008 Yup. In rough weather, a hard landing is required. So the plane will not skid off the runway.

[@GenkisTravels]

Awesome trip report. I hope to fly the A350 one day

[@LilyS15]

i went on that plane its really new i went back on my holiday

[@NikonF5user]

I think I was on that same plane on the return flight back to London in December of 2019, fantastic memories watching this video! Thanks for posting!

[@muhammadsafwanrahman9158]

I was thinking for a long time when you people would publish a tripreport of this, now u did!

[@bonzobonanza]

Virgin Atlantic is a very funky airline, which is why I love it!

[@diggilad781]

I flew on an A330-900 to JFK and on a 350-1000 back to LHR in may of this year. Must say the A350 is definitely better in quality in the cabin.

[@FlyingAsia]

Great review of Virgin Atlantic David, always loved their mood lighting!

[@twolovebirds1992]

Thank you for having us with you in another majestic tripreport! Best channel on youtube!! :D

[@andreapicchio04]

Every time I ask to me why you have only 460.000 subscribers...the best ! Very nice trip report and airline!

[@BRTripReport]

Amazing service for economy class! Seat, food and IFE are just perfect. Great job! ✈️👏🏼

[@GracemarieJohnson2763]

Tell that to Virgin Atlantic. 🙂

[@largol33t1]

The seats look comfortable for economy but it's hilarious that the first row economy seat on starboard sticks out into the end of the aisle into business! At least you can see where the meal/snacks cart is during the flight! 😂

[@divinplackattu9935]

I Love Virgin Atlantic

[@SkyHighGuys]

Loved this report! Keep up the amazing work.

[@DOMINICAAVIATION]

Loved this report! Incredible coverage on this flight!

[@nicoethan3481]

You literally did a video of my dream holiday. 🙏

[@spark_6710]

Thank you for those beautiful city views at night that you often capture from planes !!! Lovely 😍

[@simondavey7787]

there's some memories in that video - a glimpse into the before times. I'm desperate to travel again!

[@henryhunter1773]

Great filming on this trip! I've always liked Virgin Atlantic.

[@rezaalan3991]

Miss the old time before Covid.

[@Eric_200]

Just flew on Virgin’s a350-1000 from JFK to LHR and it was amazing!! Best flight ever. On my return journey I was on Delta’s refurbished 767. It was pretty good but didn’t come close to The Virgin a350 experience. Thank you for the consistently awesome trip reports!

[@bluespy5813]

Dang I respect you for suffering all that jet lag just to provide us entertainment

[@georgewalsh4613]

Great video. Outstanding quality! Thank you

[@ux7774]

That Take-off was Amazing!

[@cardinal_thrill5]

Appreciate that this was made into the tripreport format. Nothing wrong with brutally honest but I do just prefer this way. Thank you!

[@simpledocumentary8752]

Your videos are amazing I always love your videos it has been 3 years keep it up dude

[@rosem7568]

Great trip report but have you checked out James Asquith YT trip reports? Ooooh you will be glued to your screen plus he is so hilarious

[@danielonn2002]

Love Summer Breeze!

[@jimbo6059]

Went out on am A340 and back on a then brand new A330 to new York in 2013.

[@MudhaffarAdhwa]

Woah, those end credits tho🔥

[@dennislauer2525]

I love the Virgin Atlantic A350

[@legendarymothasthomastengt6861]

Amazing very enjoy watching it

[@JoshuaBd]

I had the Mac and cheese on VS127 and it was delicious

[@davefrommelbourne1237]

Cabin colours and ambience looks nice 👍

[@diegochoton5472]

Love the intro!

[@richardnei]

Nice Trip Report! I remember the previous brutally honest review before, but always like seeing the full trip report. I’ve still to fly with both Virgin and the Airbus A350 with any airline, but really can’t wait to try them in the future! Virgin really do everything well, but need to sort out the lack of Universal Power outlets. ✈️

[@edboysega321]

dang I remember passing through this same terminal when I flew Virgin Atlantic back to Boston

[@akshaychaudhary4987]

Nice video. I loved the intro music :-)

[@BrodieMeeres]

Great video!

[@Flyingpigs82]

It was already pitch black outside by 3.55pm. Wow

[@aurelienmatthews6511]

Amazing aircraft! Virgin Atlantic sounds like a great airlines.

[@Travelling_Nomad]

Please make a trip report of Vistara Airlines in their new aircraft Boeing 787-9 From LHR to DEL in economy class Please sir

[@moalzaben5554]

Nice animations simply

[@il_dalla]

So sad to see the times when everyone didn't use the masks and airports were full

[@PlaneAndSimple1]

Recorded November 2019. It's on the description

[@TXnine7nine]

@@PlaneAndSimple1 He’s aware. That’s why he was saying it was sad to see a time back when all those precautions weren’t necessary.

[@PlaneAndSimple1]

@@TXnine7nine Oh yeah that makes sense now. Apologies

[@qasimahmed445]

Wish we could turn back time. To the good ol days

[@il_dalla]

@@qasimahmed445 when our mama sang us to sleep now

[@joezegers]

Fun Facts: Virgin Atlantic is the second largest British international airline behind the behemoth that is British Airways. While it is not a member of an airline alliance like BA (OneWorld), Delta (a SkyTeam member that is one of the three US flag carriers alongside American Airlines and United Airlines) has a minority ownership in Virgin Atlantic. Delta, Virgin Atlantic, and a number of other international carriers share T4 at JFK, possibly because of this.

[@lucslee]

it's part of skyteam now

[@ryangarlant3648]

And you are inspirational to me be like you so thank you very much

[@learnorigamiwitheric3283]

I am going from Manchester (MAN) to New York (JFK) directly on virgin Atlantic’s a350 next year can’t wait!

[@TariqAviation]

Great video guys! I always look forward to a simply aviation video :) have you guys ever given aer lingus a go?

[@GoXavi]

I miss Virgin's 747-400's fleet, but I guess this'll do.. and actually to be fair it looks pretty much OK! 👍

[@Jakobly]

amazing how quiet it is

[@wanmuhammadsyaqirin9409]

Nice trip report

[@rosem7568]

Very very nice report, just like on James Asquith YT. Check out his page.

[@Gamer-tg4sy]

have a good flight )

[@juventisa23]

Love the new outro

[@myamwezmyamwez8669]

Checked in again just to listen to that intro! Thanks! lol

[@natashabolton2338]

Great visit i travelled first time on Virginia Atlantic in 19 first trip to nyc :) i had a reat flight i would use virgin again :) 🙂🙃🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@rainejessi7111]

Wahhhh im happy im early😄😄😄

[@arnavpundale9676]

I remember this place by my heart afterall i did spend 17 hours in that airport to rebook my SAS flight

[@yashvardhanshrivastav8212]

The new intro music is sick! ❤️

[@gokulsnair9930]

Memorable moments before the destructive pandemic..😭

[@alangaming2003]

There was no such thing

[@gokulsnair9930]

@@alangaming2003 ?

[@David-yj7qn]

@@gokulsnair9930 I think he is talking about there not being a destructive pandemic rather than destructive policies and media...

[@gokulsnair9930]

@@David-yj7qn 😅

[@johannesbols57]

I swear the second meal you got is exactly what I got on BA in Club World LHR - SEA on Valentines Day 2009. Except I had china service. I haven't flown economy since but I have to say the recent trip reports seem to indicate a vast improvement in the soft and hard product.

[@user-lc4wm6gh2m]

I like opening sound 👍🏻

[@muhammadbilaltariq8886]

Virgin Atlantic has always been that one airline I wanted to travel all my life. And after seeing this video, I have to say it will be really worth it

[@halfaworldaway]

Absolutely! My flights with them have been better than any other airline by far.

[@TheMesmerizingCollective]

I flew with them to San Fran in December '21, it was my first post pandemic flight and it was brilliant. Cant fault Virgin at all and the service was excellent.

[@PuiDeZmeuYT]

the A350 is as brilliant as your channel (A350 is my favourite plane)

[@rustyabramson2663]

Flew Virgin Atlantic from LHR-ATL back in 2015...best in-flight service I ever had, I wonder if they’re still serving Tiger (a couple of those makes the flight go by faster!)

[@Planeverse]

that, might be the most amazing intro I’ve ever seen.

[@GSU_Panther_Nation]

Always wanted to travel to London's busiest airport and enjoy London for a week or two, then come back from vacation for my online summer classes. But I can bet you that from ATL to LHR, it would either be Delta or British Airways. One more fact is that from the US to London would be faster than the other way around due to the nature of the jet stream - you would be riding along the jet stream when traveling east and against it when you travel west. PS: Virgin Atlantic and Delta both provide menu cards in economy class and British Airways doesn't. *Correct me if I'm wrong

[@Fathirr_shngrc]

Amazing,,IM Liked Airplane BEACOSE MY DREAM PILOT

[@shahmeerhumza9017]

I love your videos, i watched almost every trip report of yours. I have a wish please make a trip report of Dubai to London. Love 💖💖 From Pakistan....

[@PKBRYAN21]

virgin atlantic is awesome...sometime beats qantas in service.i had a flight in qantas from singapore to sydney....less legroom,mild comfy seats

[@divinplackattu9935]

The Airbus A350 1000 is amazing lot New york I am Economy class

[@valerio.i]

I really love the new intro

[@gabriele7339]

Hello Simply Aviation! Great video as always! On 14 October you will be on the last Alitalia flight, right? And please, document one of the first flights of ITA - Italia Trasporto Aereo! ;)

[@juliemcleod9869]

This will be us this time next week! My 1st time to the states my son's 3rd time.

[@rickyscarola1883]

I love This channel

[@rosem7568]

Me too and it reminds me of James Asquith YT. They have lots of similarities. Check him out!

[@josemarcelo5363]

Nice, plane

[@Ronaldogiri]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@randorific333]

Yes, I've read Virgin's A350 economy seats don't have power outlets. I find that odd, too. Premium & Upper both have power outlets. I flew in one of their A350 last August in Upper LHR-LAX. It was okay. I wasn't all that impressed with their new Upper Class Suite. It felt very "plastic" to me & the seats are narrower than in Virgin's other aircraft in Upper. Premium seats are also narrower on the A350 than in their other aircraft. Starting in late September, I'm going to try their Premium service. I live in Palm Springs so there are no direct flights. I'm uncertain which city I'll fly out of to London. Seattle, San Francisco & LAX are my best options. Thanks for the video!

[@iliveinurcloset]

Cool

[@TawanMomo]

Honestly, judging from this video, I think Virgin Atlantic may be one of the most underrated airlines out there, the WiFi prices are very generous, free meals + snack + signature chocolate, and an amazing legroom

[@LimChingLiang]

Very good but Singapore Airlines & Delta Airlines are better. No Transatlantic flight currently can beat Singapore Airlines. You can watch the Singapore Airlines flight review in this channel.

[@Taevas___]

@@LimChingLiang Singapore Airlines is absolutely brilliant, but can be really expensive compared to Virgin 😅

[@GracemarieJohnson2763]

@@Taevas___ Yeah. I looked at the prices of tickets for both airlines and Singapore Airlines is freaking expensive. Even for Economy class tickets. Yikes.

[@Lion-eb3tz]

@@LimChingLiang Singapore is unbeatable but for delta virgin might be better

[@terrfpu1421]

you can visit Valledupar in Avianca is a good airline and I am from Colombia and I would love to travel in Avianca business class

[@LucePlaysRBLX]

You deserve million subs

[@momiami7974]

Liking the new intro

[@osaviationandtrains6683]

I love your new intro

[@_manojkumar_]

Good video.

[@marcovedder4108]

Was hoping to see a New tripreport of 2021😢

[@Nilmali-gs7nw]

David please do a qna video when you get 500k subscribers.

[@rosem7568]

Hahhahaha I see you have very many questions to ask as I do. James Asquith YT is also another aviation channels I would like to ask questions too.

[@Nilmali-gs7nw]

@@rosem7568 that's right. I want a qna video now from simply aviation

[@executioneraviation792]

The A350 is the best plane from Airbus

[@blueskyaviation5676]

I’m seat 60 in July. Could you see if there was a decent window seat on row 60 from where you were sat??

[@clarkvincentga-as]

I really miss the Brutally Honest series but what I miss the most is the Aviation News and the vlogs as well

[@juliensvideography]

nice report video

[@rosem7568]

Yes it is indeed, check out James Asquith YT trip reports as well. They are very interesting and hilarious

[@efinfong8331]

nice outro : D

[@jithinjose7515]

TRAVELLING TO USA 🇺🇸😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 MY FAVORITE..

[@zaved2008]

Historic Scenes from Pre Covid Era..Its been more than a year I haven't gone out from my Town.