SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America Inc. (NASDAQ: VA) today reported its preliminary operational results for December 2015 and the full year of 2015. The airline's traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) increased 6.4 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 9.3 percent higher from the same month in 2014.

Load factor was 80.6 percent, a decrease of 2.2 points from December 2014. The number of onboard passengers increased 9.6 percent from the same month last year. 



                                         December          December Year to Date

                                       2015           2014                  Change       2015       2014       Change
                                       ----           ----                  ------       ----       ----       ------


    Revenue Passenger Miles (000)   928,960        872,675                    6.4% 10,436,184 10,074,456         3.6%

    Available Seat Miles (000)    1,151,885      1,053,863                    9.3% 12,690,791 12,240,319         3.7%

    Passenger Load Factor             80.6%         82.8%               (2.2)pts      82.2%     82.3%    (0.1)pts

    Onboard Passengers (000)            629            574                    9.6%      7,036      6,507         8.1%

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 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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