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VIRGIN AMERICA REPORTS JANUARY 2016 OPERATIONAL RESULTS

San Francisco - February 9, 2016 - Virgin America Inc. (NASDAQ: VA) today reported its preliminary operational results for January 2016. The airline’s traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) increased 12.9 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 11.8 percent higher from the same month in 2015.

Load factor was 77.2 percent, an increase of 0.7 points from January 2015. The number of onboard passengers increased 13.5 percent from the same month last year.

 
 
January
 
 
 
2016
 
 
2015
 
 
Change
 
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)
 
834,331

 
 
739,118

 
 
12.9

%
Available Seat Miles (000)
 
1,080,461

 
 
966,399

 
 
11.8

%
Passenger Load Factor
 
77.2

%
 
76.5

%
 
0.7

pts
Onboard Passengers (000)
 
561

 
 
494

 
 
13.5

%




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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 and "Best Domestic Airline" in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards for the past eight consecutive years. For more: www.virginamerica.com