Virgin America Reports January 2014 Operational Results

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Virgin America today reported its preliminary operational results for January 2014. The airline’s January traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) rose 10.9 percent on 3.7 percent more capacity (measured in available seat miles), compared with the same month in 2013.

Load factor in January was 76.3 percent, up five points from the same month a year earlier. The number of onboard passengers rose to 490,000 for the month, up 16 percent from January 2013.

Virgin America’s January 2014 passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM) rose approximately 5 percent, compared with January 2013.