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Exhibit 99.1
VIRGIN AMERICA REPORTS SEPTEMBER 2015 OPERATIONAL RESULTS
San Francisco – Thursday, October 8, 2015 – Virgin America Inc. (NASDAQ: VA) today reported its preliminary operational results for September 2015. The airline’s traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) increased 6.5 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 8.1% higher from the same month in 2014.
Load factor was 78.1 percent, a decrease of 1.1 points from September 2014. The number of onboard passengers increased 13.9 percent from the same month last year.
September | September Year to Date | |||||||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | Change | 2015 | 2014 | Change | |||||||||||||
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) | 814,617 | 764,564 | 6.5 | % | 7,714,820 | 7,602,768 | 1.5 | % | ||||||||||
Available Seat Miles (000) | 1,043,050 | 965,253 | 8.1 | % | 9,333,333 | 9,196,355 | 1.5 | % | ||||||||||
Passenger Load Factor | 78.1 | % | 79.2 | % | (1.1) | pts | 82.7 | % | 82.7 | % | (0.0) | pts | ||||||
Onboard Passengers (000) | 562 | 494 | 13.9 | % | 5,177 | 4,888 | 5.9 | % | ||||||||||
### Media Contact: Dave Arnold: 917.968.3622 or dave.arnold@virginamerica.com Investor Contact: Stephen Shulstein: 650.645.5694 or stephen.shulstein@virginamerica.com 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 for the past seven consecutive years and "Best Domestic Airline" in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards for the past eight consecutive years. For more: www.virginamerica.com |
SOURCE: Virgin America