SAN FRANCISCO, May 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America Inc. (NASDAQ: VA) today reported its preliminary operational results for April 2016. The airline's traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) increased 11.7 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 13.5 percent higher from the same month in 2015.

Load factor was 84 percent, a decrease of 1.4 points from April 2015. The number of onboard passengers increased 12.5 percent from the same month last year. 



                               April           April Year to Date

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


    Revenue Passenger   993,734        889,380                  11.7% 3,609,092 3,146,075           14.7%
    Miles (000)

    Available Seat    1,182,394      1,041,964                  13.5% 4,447,096 3,860,839           15.2%
    Miles (000)

    Passenger Load        84.0%         85.4%       (1.4)pts            81.2%    81.5%    (0.3)pts
    Factor

    Onboard                 661            587                  12.5%     2,427     2,110           15.0%
    Passengers (000)

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

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