The number one thing stolen from Virgin’s flights - it will surprise you!
They’re willing to fork out for fancy food and bigger seats, but it seems there’s one item Virgin Australia’s business class passengers can’t resist pinching – the number one stolen item from flights was the business class salt and pepper shakers, designed to look like the sails of the Sydney Opera House.
They’ve proven so popular, in fact, that Virgin Australia is now considering selling them online.
“We do get lots of positive feedback about them and we’re looking at ways to make them available for guests to purchase.”
The surprising revelation comes as the airline reveals its brand-new business class menu, designed by acclaimed Aussie chef Luke Mangan, which features dishes made to reflect each flight’s destination, made from Australian ingredients.
Among the restaurant-quality meals are a beef wonton soup for Hong Kong-bound passengers, steamed barramundi with sweet potato curry on domestic flights and a delicious lamb moussaka with eggplant, broad beans and peas. Yum!
The airline also announced a new selection of wines tested to ensure they taste as good in the air as they do on land.
“It was a challenging environment and we found that the wines with abundance of fruit and balanced acidity and tannins won the day,” Hardys winemaker Paul Carpenter told Escape. “A fascinating observation of the way wine changes in the sky.”