SAN FRANCISCO, July 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America Inc. (NASDAQ: VA) today reported its preliminary operational results for June 2016. The airline's traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) increased 18.7 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 16.8 percent higher from the same month in 2015.

Load factor was 87 percent, an increase of 1.4 points from June 2015. The number of onboard passengers increased 17.4 percent from the same month last year. 



                                           June           June Year to Date

                                       2016          2015       Change              2016      2015 Change
                                       ----          ----       ------              ----      ---- ------


    Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 1,108,722       933,695                18.7% 5,779,426 4,978,753          16.1%

    Available Seat Miles (000)    1,273,705     1,090,790                16.8% 6,953,441 6,018,824          15.5%

    Passenger Load Factor             87.0%        85.6%              1.4pts     83.1%    82.7%        0.4pts

    Onboard Passengers (000)            723           616                17.4%     3,852     3,328          15.8%

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 for the past eight consecutive years and "Best Domestic Airline" in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards for the past nine consecutive years.
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