Virgin America

- CEO: David CushOfficial Site: Virgina America
- Based: Burlingame, California
- Hub: San Francisco International Airport, International Terminal
- Frequent flyer program: eleVAte
- First flight: August 8, 2007
- 25% owner: Virgin Atlantic Airways
- Virgin Atlantic's owner: Richard Branson
- Wi-fi access on planes as of November 22, 2008

Based in San Francisco, Virgin America has entered the field of low cost airlines with plans for quick expansion. The company offers amenities not commonly found on low cost carriers, such as mood lighting and electrical outlets for laptop computers.
Flight Features
- Mood-lighting in the cabinsOfficial Site: Virgina America
- Custom-designed leather seatsOfficial Site: Virgina America
- Power outletsOfficial Site: Virgina America
- Every seat back has a video touch-screen and remote controlOfficial Site: Virgina America
- In-flight entertainment includes 25 films, live TV and video gamesOfficial Site: Virgina America
- Seat-to-seat chat
- On-demand food orderingOfficial Site: Virgina America
Best-in-Class Awards
- "Best Domestic Airline" by Conde Nast TravelerOfficial Site: Virgina America
- "Best Domestic Airline" in Travel and Leisure World's Best AwardsOfficial Site: Virgina America
- Zagat's 2007 and 2008 Global Airlines Survey: Named No. 1 among U.S. carriers for quality in First ClassOfficial Site: Virgina America
Controversy

The company first began arranging to fly out of San Francisco in 2004. Competitors tried to prevent Virgin America's launch by citing the Air Commerce Act of 1926, which prevents ownership of a United States airline by a non-citizen. In order to fly, Virgin America had to give up CEO Fred Reid, who was seen as too beholden to Richard Branson.
Daily Flights
- San Francisco (SFO) to Los Angeles (LAX)Official Site: Virgina America
- San Francisco (SFO) to New York (JFK)Official Site: Virgina America
- San Francisco (SFO) to San Diego (SAN)Official Site: Virgina America
- San Francisco (SFO) to Washington D.C. (IAD)Official Site: Virgina America
- San Francisco (SFO) to Las Vegas (LAS)Official Site: Virgina America
- Los Angeles (LAX) to New York (JFK)Official Site: Virgina America
- Los Angeles (LAX) to Washington D.C. (IAD)Official Site: Virgina America
- San Francisco (SFO) to Seattle (SEA)Official Site: Virgina America
- Seattle (SEA) to Los Angeles (LAX)Official Site: Virgina America
- New York (JFK) to Las Vegas (LAS)Official Site: Virgina America
- Boston (BOS) to Los Angeles (LAX)Official Site: Virgina America
- April 30, 2009: Service will begin between Orange County (SNA) and Boston (BOS), New York (JFK), Seattle (SEA) and Washington D.C. (IAD) (via SFO)Official Site: Virgina America
- April 30, 2009: Service will begin between Orange County (SNA) and San Francisco (SFO) will begin April 30, 2009Official Site: Virgina America

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  A few months ago, after Virgin America announced plans to add Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to its route map (with twice-daily nonstop ... (November 19, 2009)
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- First Person Perspective: Virgin America's In-Flight Entertainment System
  
  Virgin America Airbus A320 "Air Colbert," the aircraft I flew from SEA to SFO and back, sitting at SEA. Spending most of a Saturday just flying to one ... (November 16, 2009)
  Seattle Post Intelligencer
- Inside Virgin America's "Stay Golden" launch event (photos)
  
  Nearby, a reality TV crew set up a shot for a new series about the lives of Virgin America flight attendants. Lights and loud music infiltrated the senses. ... (November 20, 2009)
  Gadling (blog)
- Internet access on airlines: American, Air Canada developments
  
  Slowly and steadily, wireless Internet service is coming to the airlines, with American, Continental, Delta, AirTran, Virgin America and maybe others I ... (November 20, 2009)
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Virgin America Blogs
- One Mile at a Time » Virgin America's “Fly Girls”
  
  I've posted in the past about a new CW “reality” show, “Fly Girls,” which revolves around the lives of some Virgin America flight attendants, describing their careers as glamorous and exotic (yeah, an eight hour overnight in Seattl... (November 21, 2009)
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- Virgin - Free In-flight Wi-fi on Virgin America by Google
  
  Virgin - Yesterday, I was invited by Virgin America to the opening flight San Francisco-Fort Lauderdale and I tested the free in-flight wi-fi, courtesy of Google during the Holiday season (ends January 15th, sigh). (November 19, 2009)
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- Inside Virgin America's "Stay Golden" launch event (photos ...
  
  VIP's and Virgin employees mingled on the patio of the beachfront W Fort Lauderdale. Nearby, a reality TV crew set up a shot for a new series about the lives of Virgin America flight attendants. Lights and loud music infiltrat... (November 20, 2009)
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- Interviewing Virgin America CEO David Cush at Things in the Sky
  
  On Wednesday, Virgin America launched service to Ft. Lauderdale from Los Angeles and San Francisco. I was invited to attend some of the festivities (awesome!), but unfortunately that wasn't possible due to my school schedule. ... (November 20, 2009)
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- Have to do a DC > SF > LA > DC trip, and Virgin America's departure times are all horrible. Sorry, wi-fi isn't that important to me.
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