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Virgin plans "upper class" cabins

Virgin Atlantic's new cabins include futuristic bar and new crockery
Virgin Atlantic's new cabins include futuristic bar and new crockery

Richard Branson's airline, Virgin Atlantic, is to spend £100m sterling improving its first-class cabins.

The changes, aimed at improving Virgin's share of the business traveller market, include better seats, a futuristic bar and other cabin updates. Travellers in first class - called "upper class" by Virgin - will have customised menus and new crockery.

The new look will be seen first on the carrier's London-New York morning services and will be rolled out on all Virgin's Heathrow airport flights over the next three years.