VIRGIN EXPRESS has announced what might turn out to be a very significant enhancement to the services offered by the budget airlines. It has developed a fully integrated online booking feature to reserve aisle or window seats with additional legroom. Passengers wishing to have more space can book guaranteed extra legroom seats for only E10 per one-way flight. Virgin Express is also able to offer the pre-seat selection facility on standard seats for only E2.50 per seat, which is good news for families and friends travelling together. The booking system has now been upgraded to a fully automated, user-friendly operation that enables the prospective passenger to see on a seat plan image which extra legroom seats are already booked and which are still available for sale. The customer gets a confirmation of the transaction within seconds. The pre-seating selection fee is integrated in the total price. The standard seat pitch on board the airline's Boeing 737s is the same as with most airlines on European routes. Last year Virgin Express increased the seat pitch from row two till seven by three inches (approx. 7.5 cm), comparable to the business class pitch on many traditional airlines.
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