Exhibit 99.1
VIRGIN AMERICA REPORTS JUNE 2015 OPERATIONAL RESULTS
San Francisco – Wednesday July 8, 2015 – Virgin America (NASDAQ: VA) today reported its preliminary operational results for June 2015. The airline’s traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) decreased 1.9 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 1.3% lower from the same month in 2014.
Load factor was 85.6 percent, down 0.5 points from June 2014. The number of onboard passengers increased 4.1 percent from the same month last year.
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| | | June | | | June Year to Date | |
| | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | Change | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | Change | |
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) | | | 933,695 | | | | 952,059 | | | | (1.9 | %) | | | 4,978,753 | | | | 4,917,447 | | | | 1.2 | % |
Available Seat Miles (000) | | | 1,090,790 | | | | 1,105,535 | | | | (1.3 | %) | | | 6,018,824 | | | | 5,978,971 | | | | 0.7 | % |
Passenger Load Factor | | | 85.6 | % | | | 86.1 | % | | | (0.5 | )pts | | | 82.7 | % | | | 82.2 | % | | | 0.5 | pts |
Onboard Passengers (000) | | | 616 | | | | 591 | | | | 4.1 | % | | | 3,328 | | | | 3,208 | | | | 3.7 | % |
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Media Contacts:
Dave Arnold / 917.968.3622 ordave.arnold@virginamerica.com
Editor’s Note: Virgin America is a U.S.-controlled, owned and operated airline. It is an entirely separate company from Virgin Atlantic. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is a minority share investor in 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 the “Best U.S. Airline” in Condé 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
SOURCE: Virgin America
