Virgin America Expands Schedule From Dallas Love Field

Award-Winning Airline Adds Flights from Dallas Love Field to Washington D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles Beginning April 2015, Extends Twice Daily San Francisco-Austin Flights

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Aug 14, 2014, 01:00 ET

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America, the California-based airline that is reinventing air travel, today announces that it will expand its schedule out of Dallas Love Field (DAL) to include four daily nonstop round trips to Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA), San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) by adding one new daily nonstop in each of these markets as of April 29, 2015. This expansion is in addition to the four daily nonstop round trip flights to New York's LaGuardia Airport (LGA) that will begin on October 28, 2014 and the three daily nonstop roundtrip flights to Washington D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles that begin on October 13, 2014. The new flights will take Virgin America to sixteen departures per day from Love Field. The airline will be the only carrier at Love Field to offer three classes of service (including a First Class cabin and a Main Cabin Select premium economy service) as well as WiFi, in-seat power outlets, confirmed seating and touch-screen seatback entertainment to every guest. Tickets are available for sale at www.virginamerica.com. Also today, the airline announces that it will extend its popular second daily roundtrip flight between San Francisco and Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) that it started in July 2014 as part of the airline's core schedule.

"Dallas is a major economic hub and a growing city where we have seen our upscale, premium product resonate with local guests and businesses alike since we started flying there in December 2010," said John MacLeod, Virgin America's Senior Vice President of Planning and Sales. "Virgin America is committed to Dallas' continued growth and the opportunity to further expand our upcoming service at Love Field allows us to provide travelers the ability to stay connected, comfortable and productive on more flights to popular destinations across the U.S."

Beginning April 29, 2015, Virgin America's flight schedule from Dallas Love Field is as follows (frequencies announced today indicated in bold):

FROM	TO	DEP	ARR	FROM	TO	DEP	ARR

DAL	DCA	705	1035	DCA	DAL	730	1000
DAL	DCA	1130	1500	DCA	DAL	1130	1400
DAL	DCA	1430	1759	DCA	DAL	1600	1830
DAL	DCA	1800	2130	DCA	DAL	1845	2115

DAL	LAX	800	920	LAX	DAL	710	1210
DAL	LAX	1300	1420	LAX	DAL	845	1345
DAL	LAX	1700	1820	LAX	DAL	1200	1700
DAL	LAX	1915	2035	LAX	DAL	1705	2205

DAL	LGA	700	1100	LGA	DAL	700	1010
DAL	LGA	1045	1445	LGA	DAL	1155	1505
DAL	LGA	1325	1725	LGA	DAL	1530	1840
DAL	LGA	1640	2040	LGA	DAL	1830	2140

DAL	SFO	750	940	SFO	DAL	720	1240
DAL	SFO	1445	1635	SFO	DAL	950	1510
DAL	SFO	1800	1950	SFO	DAL	1200	1720
DAL	SFO	1925	2115	SFO	DAL	1730	2250

Virgin America's service is tailored to the modern business traveler, making it a perfect fit for Dallas-based and Dallas-destined travelers choosing to fly from Love Field's central location. With mood-lit cabins, fleetwide WiFi, custom-designed leather seating, power outlets, personal touch-screen entertainment platforms, assigned seating and new, quieter aircraft with three classes of service, Virgin America has attracted a loyal following of business travelers for its "office in the sky" amenities. In addition to a Main Cabin that offers custom-designed leather seating with a deeper, more comfortable pitch, the airline's First Class offers plush white leather seating with 55 inches of pitch, 165 degrees of recline and lumbar massagers. The carrier's Main Cabin Select service offers 38-inches of pitch, free food and cocktails, an all-access pass to media content, dedicated overhead bins and priority check-in/boarding. The airline's Express service offers preferred seating, priority security access and advance boarding. The Red™ in-flight entertainment platform offers guests their own seatback touch-screen TV, with more than 20 films, live TV, Google Maps, videogames, a 6,000 song library and an on-demand menu, which allows flyers to order a cocktail or snack from their seatback any time during a flight.

Virgin America's current network of destinations includes Austin, Boston, Cancun, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth (ends Oct. 13, 2014), Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Los Cabos, Newark, New York (JFK), Orlando, Palm Springs (seasonal), Philadelphia (suspends Oct. 6, 2014), Portland, Puerto Vallarta, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C. (IAD and DCA). Later this fall, the carrier will launch service from Dallas Love Field (Oct. 13, 2014) and New York's LaGuardia Airport (Oct. 28, 2014).

Photos of Virgin America's unique aircraft can be found here.

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 Conde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards for the past six consecutive years and "Best Domestic Airline" in Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards for the past seven consecutive years. For more: www.virginamerica.com

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