Virgin America Reports November 2014 Operational Results

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Dec 05, 2014, 11:23 ET

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America today reported its preliminary operational results for November 2014 and the first 11 months of the year. The airline's traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) increased 9.8 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 1.3 percent higher than the same month in 2013.

Load factor was 78.8 percent, up 6.1 points from November 2013. The number of onboard passengers increased 9.8 percent from the same month last year.

	November			November Year to Date
	2014	2013	Change	2014	2013	Change

Revenue Passenger Miles (000)	789,884	719,479	9.8%	9,202,961	8,956,067	2.8%
Available Seat Miles (000)	1,001,984	988,724	1.3%	11,186,456	11,194,863	(0.1%)
Passenger Load Factor	78.8%	72.8%	6.1	82.3%	80.0%	2.3
Onboard Passengers (000)	522	476	9.8%	5,934	5,769	2.9%

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 Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards 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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