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Exhibit 99.1
VIRGIN AMERICA REPORTS JANUARY 2015 OPERATIONAL RESULTS
San Francisco February 6, 2015 Virgin America today reported its preliminary operational results for January 2015. The airlines traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) decreased 0.7 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 0.9% lower than the same month in 2014.
Load factor was 76.5 percent, up .2 points from January 2014. The number of onboard passengers increased 0.8 percent from the same month last year.
January | ||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | Change | ||||||||||
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) |
739,118 | 744,521 | (0.7 | %) | ||||||||
Available Seat Miles (000) |
966,399 | 975,232 | (0.9 | %) | ||||||||
Passenger Load Factor |
76.5 | % | 76.3 | % | 0.2 | pts | ||||||
Onboard Passengers (000) |
494 | 490 | 0.8 | % |
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Media Contacts:
Jennifer Thomas 650-274-7329 or jennifer.thomas@virginamerica.com
Editors Note: Virgin America is a U.S.-controlled, owned and operated airline. It is an entirely separate company from Virgin Atlantic. Sir Richard Bransons 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 both the Best U.S. Airline in Condé Nast Travelers Readers Choice Awards and Best Domestic Airline in Travel + Leisures Worlds Best Awards for the past seven consecutive years. For more: www.virginamerica.com
SOURCE: Virgin America