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VIRGIN AMERICA REPORTS NOVEMBER 2015 OPERATIONAL RESULTS

San Francisco - Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - Virgin America Inc. (NASDAQ: VA) today reported its preliminary operational results for November 2015. The airline’s traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) increased 12.3 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 10.2 percent higher from the same month in 2014.

Load factor was 80.2 percent, an increase of 1.5 points from November 2014. The number of onboard passengers increased 15.7 percent from the same month last year.

 
 
November
 
 
November Year to Date
 
 
 
2015
 
 
2014
 
 
Change
 
 
2015
 
 
2014
 
 
Change
 
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
 
885,777
 
 
788,704
 
 
12.3
%
 
9,507,224
 
 
9,201,781
 
 
3.3
%
Available Seat Miles (000)
 
1,104,173
 
 
1,001,984
 
 
10.2
%
 
11,538,906
 
 
11,186,456
 
 
3.2
%
Passenger Load Factor
 
80.2
%
 
78.7
%
 
1.5
pts
 
82.4
%
 
82.3
%
 
0.1
pts
Onboard Passengers (000)
 
603
 
 
522
 
 
15.7
%
 
6,407
 
 
5,933
 
 
8.0
%





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Media Contact: 
Dave Arnold: dave.arnold@virginamerica.com or 917.968.3622

Investor Contact:
Stephen Shulstein: stephen.shulstein@virginamerica.com or 650.645.5694

Editor’s Note: Virgin America is a U.S.-controlled, owned and operated airline. It is an entirely separate company from Virgin Atlantic. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is a minority share investor in Virgin America.

About Virgin America: Known for its mood-lit cabins, three beautifully designed classes of service and innovative fleetwide amenities - like touch-screen personal entertainment, WiFi and power outlets at every seat, Virgin America has built a loyal following of flyers and earned a host of awards since launching in 2007 - including being named the "Best U.S. Airline" in Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards years and "Best Domestic Airline" in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards for the past eight consecutive years. For more: www.virginamerica.com