TRIPREPORT | Virgin Australia (ECONOMY) | Sydney - Los Angeles | Boeing 777-300ER

One of the victims of the pandemic was Virgin Australia's long-haul fleet. We flew on their 777 to Los Angeles just a month before it never took to the skies again.
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Virgin Australia
Aircraft: Boeing 777-300ER
Registration: VH-VPF
Flight Time: 13h 00min
Seat: 35A
From: Sydney Kingsford Smith
To: Los Angeles International
Date: February 2020
EQUIPMENT INFORMATION
Cameras used: Canon G7X Mark II, GoPro Hero 8 Black, DJI Osmo Pocket
Additional equipment used: GoPro Suction cup, Joby Bendipod
PRICE BREAKDOWN
Total Price: USD 863.35
Total Routing: LAX-SYD-LAX
Booked through: Delta Website
Cost includes: Economy Class Ticket including two checked bags and free seat reservations
Booking made: January 2020
VIDEO BREAKDOWN
00:00 - Intro and Map
00:26 - Getting to the airport
01:33 - Kingsford Smith Airport
02:12 - Boarding
03:35 - Cabin and Seat
06:18 - Taxi and Take Off
08:38 - Inflight Entertainment
09:14 - Amenity Kit
09:59 - Dinner Service
11:20 - Inflight
11:45 - Mid-Flight Snack
12:18 - Self-Service Snack Bar
12:57 - Breakfast Service
14:05 - Approach and Landing
15:35 - Deboarding
16:27 - Los Angeles Airport
17:02 - Outro
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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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[@rais1953]

Virgin Australia was already in difficulties before the COVID emergency and was unable to survive in its existing form. It was sold and the new owners have simplified its fleet and are concentrating on domestic services with a few nearby international destinations. My son flew on their 777 to LA shortly after they started that service and found it very comfortable.

[@nandemqadi104]

Same situation with South African Airways, but only 51% was sold to a private investor, while our government still has the rest of 49%. Focused ,but still struggling with domestic flights with minimal international flights.

[@superbrownsheep3777]

Then what happened to Virgin Atlantic? It’s a variant of Virgin Australia.

[@rais1953]

@@superbrownsheep3777 Virgin Atlantic was a different company. The connection is that Branson owned a share of both companies and they both flew under the Virgin name. Virgin Australia under its new ownership and its simplified fleet is reviving its domestic routes and a few shorter international routes.

[@TheAussieAviator747]

My dad works for virgin and used to fly 777's and a330's. Him and I are pretty sad that he's now stuck with 737's(although they are still good planes).

[@rais1953]

@@TheAussieAviator747 Yes it's a pity VA has abandoned its longer international routes. Qantas should have Australian competition. Fortunately there's plenty of international competition to keep us out of Qantas' clutches.

[@davefrommelbourne1237]

VA long haul will be so missed in the Australian market. Can’t believe the entire 777 and A330 fleet are no longer. It was interesting to see the UA and DL on the taxiway during takeoff as all would’ve been chasing each other to LAX over the Pacific.

[@krazuki8310]

Why Va has arrested them ( 777 and a330 ) ? Covid-19 ?

[@kirilmihaylov1934]

@@krazuki8310 Covid 21

[@SirCooper]

At the beginning of this year, i went out to Toowoomba for a little vacation and apart of that was we went to WTB (Toowoomba Wellcamp) and we saw a motherload of abandoned aircrafts. 5 Virgin B777s & a few TigerAir B737s. I was shocked to see them but it was incredible to stand next to them in their final months of sitting there. On July 11th when I was driving back into brisbane after a road trip to Darwin, i saw only 1 Virgin B777 was there ...

[@sanuthweerasinghe7825]

Wait so they are bankrupt or not flying any more gosh I didn’t even get a chance to fly

[@davefrommelbourne1237]

@@SirCooper that would’ve been an interesting sight. To think what the pandemic has done to airlines is unbelievable.

[@pete84101]

The joys of flying west to east across the International Date Line, and the jet lag can hit hard

[@ag6371]

The 777-300ER is the workhorse of every airline

[@nicholassainsbury8963]

Its the 737-800 for VA

[@desuuyo]

Amenity kit in Economy is just simply appreciated

[@andreapicchio04]

The Boeing 777 of Virgin Australia was really really nice and comfortable!! Very sad they don’t have them anymore!

[@sallubhai4656]

Where are they?

[@KR-KR]

@chuck aule You win youtube for today

[@justanaturalcarguy4031]

@chuck aule Yeah the virgin pendolino in uk lmao

[@dreamingfoxtrot]

@@sallubhai4656 Some of the 777s were sent to Emirates, but the seat and cabin design were (hopefully) still kept.

[@Captain_Bozo]

@@dreamingfoxtrot Qatar airways*

[@ronaldcharan2705]

Its great to see 777's with 9 across instead of 10 which most airlines have now.

[@BeyondNegativeOfficial]

As an Australian we can tell that Virgin Australia is a good airline to fly on.

[@DirtyBlueshirtAU]

I flew VA's 777 roundtrip twice in premium economy between LA and Sydney, nost recently in September of 2019. Their onboard catering was fantastic, and it was the best service on the route compared to UA or AA.

[@Bobrogers99]

Superior legroom, very good catering and all the rest quite acceptable. I'd call this a better than average flight.

[@my_adventures67]

I remember taking this flight back in 2018 on my first solo USA holiday, loved it then, I hope virgin Australia gets back or close to what they were soon. And a nice video too 😊

[@marianapiragibe4701]

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[@marianapiragibe4701]

4⁴

[@Captain_Bozo]

Don’t worry they are prob soon in 2024 or 2025 maybe in 2023 idk because after their order of 737 max 8 they will order widebody aircraft like 777 a330 and others

[@onel6007]

I hope you enjoyed your stay in Sydney, very happy to see you in one of our very one Australian carriers!

[@croberts709]

I was on that exact same flight...a month later on March 16th. It was a totally different world then. We were on a world cruise that abruptly ended in Perth. We flew from Perth to Sydney then onto LA and then final leg into Boston. 24 hours on planes. We scored bulkhead seats on the Syd-LA leg. I missed the hot dog snack (sleeping). The IFE was awful. The video and voice weren't synced. The crew was fabulous, who knew then they were just weeks away from losing their jobs. Thanks for posting this.

[@jamesgeorge7053]

ohHHH NO! what happened with your guys fare? did you get refunded for the rest of the trip... I have so many questions as im deciding ti go on one soon.

[@croberts709]

@@jamesgeorge7053 we did get our money back equal to the value of the rest of the cruise. They also paid for our entire trip back plus the shipment of our luggage.

[@rickloduca394]

I did a round trip LAX SYD on this very plane a couple years ago! Thanks for the memories! And I flew Delta on their 777-200 as well. Both great flights, service, comfort! Did the same trip on AA, not so much!

[@kbroadhead10]

Love the GE90 startup, and then the CX A350 landing in front of you - I'd taken the CX A350 (and then 773) to the US from SYD in Dec 2019. It is a pity we lost VA on international, but at least the ariline survived and is growing domestically again. The main meal looked good, but you can barely call that a beer :P

[@imeza]

One of the most memorable flights I took was this same route and airline. Really a great experience all around.

[@TripReportaviation]

Awesome trip report. So sad to see their 777s and 330s gone

[@SirCooper]

I've been waiting for this for so long!!! I saw the brutally honest but i was looking for the trip report!!! Thanks for the conversion!

[@hansingjuan9394]

Your video enables me to imagine myself in the airplane. Really missed flying very much. Thanks for the video.

[@bossfight6125]

really sad, the pandemic was so bad airlines like this one and norwegian even ceased entire long haul operations :(

[@BinkBricks]

Great report David. Been looking forward to this one ever since the Delta trip report. I really miss VAs 777s.

[@Agent44996]

Thank you for this review. The VA long haul fleet will be greatly missed here in Australia.

[@naturallyherb]

Surprisingly it has 9 seats a row, making it much more comfortable!

[@timi7844]

Great video. The presentation and knowledge is the best.

[@TheDepressedMemeCat]

This is the first time i'm seeing a flight route going through the opposite side of the earth

[@zaamuro8408]

Fond memories of this service when it was relatively newer in 2014, and the other trip back with Delta

[@ludwigtails]

At 3:07 Also note that they retired all their A330-200s too.

[@GracemarieJohnson2763]

Couldn't they just sell those planes to another airline? Way better than retiring them.

[@ludwigtails]

@@GracemarieJohnson2763 pretty sure the A330-200s returned to some other airline.

[@GracemarieJohnson2763]

@@ludwigtails I hope so. Lending those planes to another airline is WAY better than retiring them altogether.

[@tanujkancharla2850]

its always fun to watch these trip reports , its interesting :) i'd recommend you do a trip report from Hyderabad to london Heathrow XD

[@aadisrecipes9808]

Can we just take some time and appreciate the way the air hostess’s announcement into LA.

[@alexboshaw]

your videos are fantastic. thank you for posting

[@GamerBOY-LFC]

I am from LA and quite suprised to see LAX not busy even though it is 5:45 AM Great Video BTW

[@fsrick1]

Fantastic Trip Report Mate!!!

[@St4rweeds_ishere]

Hi

[@jwal11622]

Hey Simply Aviation! I have been watching your content since a long time! You really entertain me! Can't wait for you to get a million subs!

[@Derek_T]

That little hotdog is hilarious!

[@maxcrysdale2376]

I think it’s very clever that when you see an airline in the background of the video out the window, you put a link in the upper right hand content if you’ve done a TripReport on that airline. Small but Amazing detail!

[@jaredlange8794]

RIP Virgin 777

[@onlyatol5085]

Damn I can’t even remember a day I have spent going around without a mask Best times right there

[@lolwhat36]

great report again david! btw i was hoping you could do another malaysia airlines tripreport cause ima malaysian and i would really appreciate it

[@rezaalan3991]

Great flight. Can't imagine the jetlag when flying across International Date line.

[@GracemarieJohnson2763]

Me either. The jet lag must've hit David and the other passengers like a truck.

[@shaunjohnson2672]

Very Nice aviation

[@CarolusR3x]

I remember making the skip across the pond from Sydney to LA with Virgin in 2019. Had my phone connected to the planes WiFi and the first thing I noticed when connected to American KZbin was Bernie Sanders asking me for financial support.

[@user-ix5sw2dc7p]

Miss virgin Australia B777 ….🥺

[@Adam.deVries]

G'day from Adelaide Australia love that flight

[@naeemaurangzeb1649]

Great video :D

[@philipganteng3]

Nice content, i love it

[@BomberFletch31]

The 777 is my favourite aircraft type. It's just sad to see them retire so soon.

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Amazing video!😸

[@luigidude44]

So jealous you did the ocean landing into LAX!

[@dcloder]

I can't believe they are gone. This is news to me. I was a Velocity platinum member for 4 years during my sales/service tech role and I loved flying that plane to LA. The on board service was exceptional. They even took my meal oder before departure as did Etihad to the UAE. Really miss that and even more so they have been sold off.

[@suryani6104]

Love the theme song

[@bradleynoneofyourbizz5341]

@5:25 And I've never had one of those inside-the-arm mounted audio ports where I didn't press my leg against it and snap the prongs off in the socket. You'd think they'd learn not to place them there.

[@danielwang8846]

I missed going into Kingsford Smith International airport it's so convenient.

[@muhammadarya5205]

Very nice aviation

[@corvus208]

I would be scared to make this trip in that plane and end up Lost in a crazy Island :D

[@chowchillachuck]

I have a friend that has a condo near the runways at LAX. I noticed very late at night and during the predawn hours they land over the ocean as you did on this flight. Normally, during the daytime hours they land over the 405 freeway from the east. All my years flying into LAX I never knew this until I spent the night at his place. I loved the sounds of the jets landing as I slept. I know that is very weird. I would just wake up for a second and wonder what part of the world is that plane coming from?

[@manassethiaviationpainting355]

Very nice flying 777 300

[@afcacbs8544]

3-3-3 on 777-3 streets won’t forget virgin long haul

[@ChessieSystem1973]

I once flew with these guys on a 737-800 from CBR to OOL

[@ashfaq1999]

Great video

[@tgy_au7464]

Ok so I flew MEL > LAX 2017 with Virgin Australia on economy, and I am pretty sure I wasn't offered any amenity kit nor hot dog snack... Was it just me or was I just not aware at the time?

[@mikek8377]

Hey David how often do you guys fly? When you arrive at your destination are you able to make a little trip out of it? Thanks in advance.

[@simply_aviation]

We fly more than 100 times per year and most of the times we are able to explore the city we are visiting a bit... :)

[@MidnightEagle7860]

Hi David,love your videos! Can you do a trip report from Mozambique with LAM Mozambique Airlines :)

[@simply_aviation]

Already filmed it, will be posted in early 2022! :)

[@MidnightEagle7860]

Thanks!

[@RUSLexplorer2020]

Interesting !

[@Pilot09]

O.m.g my favourite plane

[@ZenithHertzYT]

how do you do you get to go these trips

[@MegaGo68]

I am partial to Qantas (better food etc.) but I have to say, the 3-3-3 config. here is impressive. Gotta hand it to VA (RIP).

[@AkvanManah]

12:38 The juice is in Greek...for no reason i am a little bit more happy now 😂😂

[@Sporty12boy]

The train from Central to the Airport’s is great except it cost something like $25 one way

[@jamesgeorge7053]

7 bucks buddy

[@adamputu5448]

Is it bar on airplanes free?

[@jakegaming7252]

I tried lot airlines b787-8 dreamliner krk-chicago. And my IFE good but my brothers didint work so well on the 10 hour flight full but then they worked it out

[@alectheavgeek1600]

When was this because b777 D doesn't fly right?

[@RjPlaysRoblox796]

What the heck! He recorded this 1 day after my birthday! No wonder I like aviation...

[@peterrisbergs7156]

My brother is flying London-Atlanta tomorrow and paid $47 for a rapid test in Heathrow. I Flew Riga,Latvia to Istanbul on Sept 16 and paid 24 euros for a rapid test in Riga Airport. I think those tests will stay forever as will masks.

[@rogersriveropadilla253]

Another great trip Report! Hey just Notice that the subtitle option is not available, any option to solve this on non speach audio Video? I am sure that some Will appreciate that, son you can reach more people on your Videos specially those from Latin America.

[@adrrr5123]

Nice

[@jnoppenheim777]

No more virgin Australia?

[@aus-reviews8462]

Ay the Meriton is like the only decent hotel in australia

[@jamesrobert102]

It's sad to see a generally solid international product like this disappear.

[@minhtien4852]

Do you try Vietnam airlines from Ho Chi Minh to San Francisco?

[@uongphamvan7498]

2:12 Vietnam airlines

[@psrn1204]

In all flights

[@kellyanderson7624]

The food looks pretty good. Why don't you guys show the magazines anymore?

[@manoormailk7604]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@sasplanegaming8350]

Went I Saw Cebu Pacific A330 New Livery And Delta B777-200LR

[@NarutoHarryPotter]

I flew Singapore - San Francisco in February 2020 and they too asked me if I had been to Central China... I haven't but I wonder if they'd put me in quarantine or something if I said yes or made me do covid test on the spot 🤔.

[@RochelNilendra]

When was this filmed? Before the pandemic?

[@simply_aviation]

We always show when a video was recorded in the description as well as in the upper left corner of the video, right after the map is shown :)

[@RochelNilendra]

@@simply_aviation Yes found it. Thanks

[@lorenzogonzalez7909]

That cute Hot Dog🥺

[@mig7997]

David, makes a flight within Brazil with Azul Linhas Aéreas.

[@aljabarkbbt564]

Cool

[@footballsir6171]

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[@braxtontuza9966]

Isn't that the plane from infinite flight aswell

[@parmarmanav4369]

Whats the intro music?

[@jsaldanha91]

Please do a trip report on QTR Airways Montreal - Doha

[@tranlong6402]

If you take requests can you do Sydney to Vietnam Ho Chi Minh or hanoi

[@willklein9375]

Only option out of Melbourne 4 a direct flight is Qantas & United which I’m not a fan of! I will say air New Zealand is a good choice to fly with via Auckland!

[@yvanobam3902]

No mask ! 😳😍

[@angussssy]

Conveniently left out the fact it costs $18-20 to travel to the airport from the city by train.

[@Sanjovian19]

It's so sad to see the 777 getting retired

[@ag6371]

The A350-1000 is fuel-efficient and has a 8700 nmi range (compared to 7370 nmi) hence it killed the 777-300ER

[@ADtranzakias]

12:32 why the juice is written in Greek language?

[@signature1990]

Three of the fleet still here in Toowoomba...... sitting wasting away.... terrible sight

[@50buttfish]

15:00 You still have 5+ hours to catch up to yourself. Flying BACK in time is great; it's when you fly AHEAD, that's what kills ya.

[@toufikemroj]

MY FAVOURITE PLACE ON THE EARTH IS "LOS ANGELES"🎄☃️🎄❤️ LOVE FROM INDIA 🇮🇳❤️💐.