SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America Inc. (NASDAQ: VA) today reported its preliminary operational results for October 2016. The airline's traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) increased 13.6 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 10.8 percent higher from the same month in 2015.

Load factor was 84.4 percent, an increase of 2.1 points from October 2015. The number of onboard passengers increased 9.2 percent from the same month last year. 



                               October          October Year to Date

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


    Revenue Passenger
     Miles (000)       1,029,905        906,628                  13.6% 10,130,559  8,621,448      17.5%

    Available Seat
     Miles (000)       1,220,486      1,101,399                  10.8% 12,040,918 10,434,732      15.4%

    Passenger Load
     Factor                84.4%         82.3%                2.1pts      84.1%     82.6%    1.5pts

    Onboard Passengers
     (000)                  685            628                   9.2%      6,713      5,804      15.7%

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 nine consecutive years. For more: www.virginamerica.com

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