Virgin America Reports August 2015 Operational Results
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America Inc. (NASDAQ: VA) today reported its preliminary operational results for August 2015. The airline's traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) increased 1.5 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 4.0% higher from the same month in 2014.
Load factor was 83.6 percent, a decrease of 2.0 points from August 2014. The number of onboard passengers increased 10.5 percent from the same month last year.
| August |
August Year to Date |
|||||
| 2015 |
2014 |
Change |
2015 |
2014 |
Change |
|
| Revenue Passenger Miles (000) |
954,152 |
939,927 |
1.5% |
6,900,203 |
6,838,204 |
0.9% |
| Available Seat Miles (000) |
1,141,438 |
1,097,547 |
4.0% |
8,290,293 |
8,231,102 |
0.7% |
| Passenger Load Factor |
83.6% |
85.6% |
(2.0 pts) |
83.2% |
83.1% |
0.1 pts |
| Onboard Passengers (000) |
648 |
586 |
10.5% |
4,614 |
4,394 |
5.0% |
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 Conde Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards for the past seven consecutive years 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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