Exhibit 99.1
VIRGIN AMERICA REPORTS SEPTEMBER 2016 OPERATIONAL RESULTS
San Francisco - October 11, 2016 - Virgin America Inc. (NASDAQ: VA) today reported its preliminary operational results for September 2016. The airline’s traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) increased 24.2 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 15.1 percent higher from the same month in 2015.
Load factor was 84.2 percent, an increase of 6.1 points from September 2015. The number of onboard passengers increased 19.7 percent from the same month last year.
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| | | September | | | September Year to Date | |
| | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | Change | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | Change | |
| Revenue Passenger Miles (000) | | 1,011,488 | | | 814,617 | | | 24.2 | % | | 9,100,653 | | | 7,714,820 | | | 18.0 | % |
| Available Seat Miles (000) | | 1,200,675 | | | 1,043,050 | | | 15.1 | % | | 10,820,432 | | | 9,333,333 | | | 15.9 | % |
| Passenger Load Factor | | 84.2 | % | | 78.1 | % | | 6.1 | pts | | 84.1 | % | | 82.7 | % | | 1.4 | pts |
| Onboard Passengers (000) | | 673 | | | 562 | | | 19.7 | % | | 6,028 | | | 5,177 | | | 16.4 | % |
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Media Contact: Dave Arnold: dave.arnold@virginamerica.com or 917.968.3622
Investor Contact: Stephen Shulstein: stephen.shulstein@virginamerica.com or 650.645.5694
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 eight consecutive years and "Best Domestic Airline" in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards for the past nine consecutive years. For more: www.virginamerica.com |
