Tips for Traveling with Children

The Easter break and school holidays are a wonderful time to go on a family holiday. Perhaps you’re a little concerned about flying with children, and wondering how to keep them occupied during the flight. As well as making sure they’re well hydrated, get a good night sleep before flying and have boiled lollies to suck on to assist with changes in cabin pressure, here are a few other ways to make your flight as smooth as possible.

Wireless in-flight entertainment

Let’s face it, watching in-flight movies is a great way to pass the time and keep the kids entertained. Our Wireless in-flight entertainment is available on the majority of our domestic and international fleet, and can be accessed using your personal mobile device via our free Entertainment app for iOS and Android. This is an easy way to use multiple devices during your flight, so that the whole family can watch the latest movies, music, TV shows and much more!

High Flyer passports

We’ve recently launched the ‘High Flyer’ passport, exclusively for children aged 10 and under. Before boarding each flight, young travellers can show their passport at the check-in counter to receive a stamp to remember their flight with us. These are sure to put a smile on the faces of our younger passengers, and have them sharing the news of their adventures with friends once they return home. High Flyer passports are available at all domestic check-in counters

Enjoy Virgin Australia Lounge

Lounges are located at Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Cairns, Canberra, Mackay and Gold Coast airports, and are open 45 minutes before the first departure of the day until the last flight is called for boarding.

Lounge guests enjoy a delicious Luke Mangan designed buffet menu, our famous barista coffee, premium wine, complimentary wi-fi, access to TV news services, newspapers and a wide variety of magazines.

Our recently renovated Melbourne lounge also features an Espresso Bar and a Wine Bar which are popular among business and leisure travellers alike.

To join us in our lounges, you simply need to be an eligible member or guest, or the guest of one of our members.

Velocity Platinum members flying on Virgin Australia domestic services receive complimentary access before their flight with up to three guests. Velocity Gold members and Business Class guests also receive complimentary access and can be accompanied by one guest.

Silver members enjoy two single entry lounge passes which are valid for twelve months, while annual membership and single entry passes are available for purchase.

We’re very proud that we were the first Australian airline to offer our guests curbside entry to a lounge. Sydney lounge Premium Entry and Premium Valet is available to Platinum and Gold members and Business Class guests. All Virgin Australia guests can access Premium Valet at Melbourne and Brisbane airports.

Travel the world with Velocity Frequent Flyer

At Velocity, we connect you to the world.

Through our expansive global network, Velocity members can earn and redeem on travel to Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia and beyond.

Throughout the journey, you’ll earn Velocity Points and Status Credits on eligible flights with Virgin Australia and our international airline partners.  You can also redeem your Points to travel to almost 600 destinations around the world.

We are proud to partner with some of the world’s best airlines:

Air Berlin
Air New Zealand
Delta Air Lines
Etihad
Hawaiian Airlines
Silk Air
Singapore Airlines
Virgin America
Virgin Atlantic
Want to live it up in the Big Apple? Fly direct from Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne to Los Angeles with Virgin Australia and connect to New York City with our partner Delta Air Lines. Velocity members earn a minimum 120 Status Credits and 9,631 Velocity Points on a return Brisbane to New York trip.

Or dreaming of London? Take off from Sydney to Abu Dhabi with Virgin Australia and then on to London with our partner Etihad. Velocity members can travel Sydney to London one way from 62,500 Velocity Points plus taxes and fees.

Our earn table is easy to understand with members receiving the same number of Status Credits on Virgin Australia and our major airline partners. To see how many Status Credits and Points you'll earn on flight: http://virg.co/TmFi8.

We've been recognised for our reward seat availability in the Switchfly Reward Seat Availability Survey and Freddie Awards in 2013. To find out how many Points you need to redeem flights for a trip, click here: http://virg.co/Qu1RP.

Not sure where to stay? Velocity members earn Points at over 285,000 hotels in over 37,000 cities worldwide. Make a booking through Agoda or directly with the hotel partner. You can also redeem your Points for a stay at one of 75,000 providers across 180 countries with Virgin Australia Holidays.

And need a hire car? Earn 3 Velocity Points for every $1 spent on bookings with Hertz, Thifty and Europcar within Australia and New Zealand and 800 Points per hire outside Australia and New Zealand. Redemptions are also available with Europcar. over 37,000 cities worldwide. Make a booking through Agoda or directly with the hotel partner. You can also redeem your Points for a stay at one of 75,000 providers across 180 countries with Virgin Australia Holidays.

With Velocity, the world is at your feet!

If you’re not already a Velocity member, it’s free and easy to join: http://virg.co/ONAem

Flying High With John Borgetti

Four years ago, John Borghetti was passed over as CEO of Qantas. Now, as head of rival Virgin Australia, he's taking revenge. By Adele Ferguson.

"Killing Qantas slowly would be a tragedy for Qantas and our employees," Alan Joyce, the CEO of Qantas, belted out in his thick Irish accent at a late-afternoon press conference on Derby Day in October 2011. Camera crews and journalists had been told to show up at the airline's headquarters in Sydney's Mascot for a jaw-dropping announcement at 5pm. They weren't disappointed. "We have decided to ground the Qantas international and domestic fleet immediately," Joyce announced. "I repeat, we are grounding the Qantas fleet now."

Kayıp AirAsia uçağına ait parçalar bulundu

Endonezya’nın Surabaya adasından Singapur’a giderken kaybolan AirAsia yolcu uçağına ait parçalar Endonezya açıklarında tespit edildi. AFP'nin haberine göre, Endonezya'dan yapılan açıklamada, havadan sürdürülen aramalarda acil durum kaydırağı ve uçak kapısına benzeyen nesneler tespit edildiği duyuruldu. Endonezya hava kuvvetleri yetkilisi Agus Dwi Putranto, arama çalışmalarıyla ilgili düzenlenen basın toplantısında, "10 büyük nesne ve daha fazla sayıda beyaz renkli şeyler tespit ettik. Büyük olanlar, can kurtaran yeleklerine ve uçak parçalarına benziyor. Şu an için kesin bir şey söylemek çok zor. Çalışmalarımız devam ediyor"" dedi. Endonezyalı yetkilili, nesnelerin tespit edildiği yerin, uçakla radar bağlantısının kesildiği noktaya yaklaşık 10 kilometre uzaklıkta olduğunu söyledi. Borneo adası açıklarında görülen nesnelerin toplanması için bölgeye bir helikopter gönderildiği açıklandı. ''DENİZDE CESET GÖRDÜM'' Endonezya Hava Kuvvetleri Pilotu Teğmen Tri Prabowo ise "Denizde nesnelerin dışında bir insan vücudu gördüm. Önce yüzdüğünü sandım. Daha sonra radardan aldığım fotoğrafları bilgisayarda inceleyince dalgalar arasında yüzen kişinin vücudunun şişmiş olduğunu gördüm. Cesedin kurbanlardan birine ait olduğunu düşünüyorum" diye konuştu. 155 yolcu ve yedi kişilik mürettebat taşıyan Airbus A320-200 tipi QZ8501 sefer sayılı uçakla bağlantı, Pazar sabahı kalkışından yaklaşık 50 dakika sonra yerel saatle 06.18’de Cava Denizi üzerindeyken kesilmişti.

In England it crashed: AIRSPACE CLOSED

Eurocontrol airspace London shortly before 19:00 local time (local time 21:00) announced that it had closed up. It was learned that the airspace reopened made a new statement.

Sri Lanka Air Forces crashed,4 People Died!

Sri Lanka air force belonging to Antonov An-32 type military transport aircraft, a military aircraft crashed in the country's west of Colombo. 4 people lost their lives in forested areas falling plane, got rid of one person injured.

Kaldigimiz Yerden

Kaldigimiz yerden devam edelim.Bu aralar sikca duydugumuz ucak kazalari!Insanlari ucmaktan korkutan,ayni zamanda da bir okadar guvenli bir arac olan ucaklar.
Bilindigi uzere gectigimiz gunlerde malezya havayollarinin dusurulmesi haberi gecti tekrar.Dana eski Mh370 bulunmadan tekrar bir yenisi eklendi .Rusya ve ukrayna bu sefer Mh17 yi vurarak dusurdu.Mh 370 hala arastirmada.bu kadar guvenli bir ucagin dusmesi ardindaki sir perdelerini aralamak biraz zaman alacaga benziyor.Ama sunu soylibilirim ki teknoloji herzaman yenilenebilir ,sistem degisebilir,ama insanoglunun onyargilarinin degismemesi en zor sey olsa gerek.Einstein zamanin birinde 'onyargilari degistirmek atomu parcalamaktan daha zor'demis bence de hakli demis.Insanlarin onyargisi savasa karsi degismek zorunda.Dunya degisiyor,insanlar artik eski gunlerini arar duruma geldi.
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New Emirates Offer

Emirates will offer a double daily service to Barcelona from May 2015 http://bit.ly/1wWMik5

How Astronauts going to the toilet!

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