Virgin joins in with April Fools fun by Cheap Flights Booker UK

Virgin Atlantic is joining in with the April Fools Day fun today with a joke announcement that fresh herbs and vegetables will be grown onboard its flights from 1 April onwards.

The airline said that a trial period will see a specially designed "vegetable patch" installed in the galley of all aircraft for the use of Upper Class passengers.

It joked that the idea for the initiative came from a desire to provide passengers with "the finest and freshest food and drink offering in the sky".

Simon Soni, head of inflight services for Virgin Atlantic, said: "It"s a logical next step for five-star air travel. With it being such a simple concept, the sky"s the limit!"

The airline said that its new offering would reflect different destinations - with carrots, new potatoes and spinach available on flights returning to the UK and shiitake mushrooms served on journeys to Japan - and even claimed that cabin crew will be attending lessons to improve their horticultural skills.


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