Virgin America Reports August 2014 Operational Results

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America today reported its preliminary operational results for August 2014 and the first eight months of the year. The airline's traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) increased 2.9 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 1.2 percent lower than in the same month in 2013.

Load factor was 85.6 percent, up 3.4 points from August 2013. The number of onboard passengers decreased 0.6 percent from the same month last year.

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

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