SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America Inc. (NASDAQ: VA) today reported its preliminary operational results for September 2016. The airline's traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) increased 24.2 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 15.1 percent higher from the same month in 2015.

Load factor was 84.2 percent, an increase of 6.1 points from September 2015. The number of onboard passengers increased 19.7 percent from the same month last year. 



                                         September          September Year to Date

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


    Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 1,011,488        814,617                     24.2%  9,100,653 7,714,820               18.0%

    Available Seat Miles (000)    1,200,675      1,043,050                     15.1% 10,820,432 9,333,333               15.9%

    Passenger Load Factor             84.2%         78.1%  6.1pts                       84.1%    82.7%    1.4pts

    Onboard Passengers (000)            673            562                     19.7%      6,028     5,177               16.4%

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. For more: www.virginamerica.com

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