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Virgin America to lease nine additional Airbus jetliners, start service to Orlando, Toronto

Airline Industry

Virgin America to lease nine additional Airbus jetliners, start service to Orlando, Toronto

By SUSAN CAREY

Virgin America, which started flying in 2007, said Thursday that it made arrangements to lease nine additional Airbus jetliners, allowing it to announce new service to Orlando, Fla., and Toronto.

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Bag fees going up on Virgin America

Luggage Increase

Bag fees going up on Virgin America

By eTN Staff Writer

Virgin America increased its baggage fees for all bookings made on or after February 12, 2010, for travel on or after March 1, 2010.

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Virgin America's US citizenship challenge struck down by regulators

Virgin America

Virgin America's US citizenship challenge struck down by regulators

By Christopher Hinton

NEW YORK - In a blow to rival low-cost airlines, transportation regulators have ruled that Virgin America Inc., the offshoot of Richard Branson's British airline, has kept up its status as a carrier c

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Virgin America joins Southwest, JetBlue and Frontier in sale stampede

Airline Industry

Virgin America joins Southwest, JetBlue and Frontier in sale stampede

Virgin America said Tuesday it was offering reduced fares on some seats for travel through mid-June, joining a growing number of airlines that are touting discounts to lure customers now that the holi

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Virgin America to launch 'Operation Chihuahua' on Tuesday, December 22

'Operation Chihuahua'

Virgin America to launch 'Operation Chihuahua' on Tuesday, December 22

By eTN Staff Writer

San Francisco's hometown airline, Virgin America is assisting the City of San Francisco Animal Care and Control by flying Chihuahua pups from San Francisco to New York so they can be adopted into lovi

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Virgin America arrives to Florida

Virgin America Expansion

Virgin America arrives to Florida

By DAVID KOENIG

DALLAS — Two-year-old airline Virgin America touched down Wednesday in Florida, marking one of its most ambitious expansion moves yet with a lavish welcoming ceremony that included Virgin Group Ltd.

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Virgin America extends contract with TuVox

Virgin America Continues With TuVox

Virgin America extends contract with TuVox

BURLINGAME, Calif. — Privately held air carrier Virgin America has renewed its partnership for three years with a company that provides call routing and voice self-service applications.

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Virgin America targeting a full-year operating profit in 2010

Virgin America Losses Narrow

Virgin America targeting a full-year operating profit in 2010

CHICAGO - Virgin America Inc. said Thursday that it could be profitable by the end of the year as it reported a narrower second-quarter loss Thursday, though the U.S.

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Alaska Airlines' obsession with Virgin America's citizenship continues

Alaska Airlines Again Calls For Virgin America's Review

Alaska Airlines' obsession with Virgin America's citizenship continues

Alaska Airlines, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, announced on Friday that it has renewed its request for the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to open to the public its ongoing review of Virgin

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Airlines changing baggage fees again

American Airlines & Virgin America

Airlines changing baggage fees again

By eTN Staff Writer

Airlines collected about US$566 million in baggage fees in the first three months of 2009, up from about US$123 million in the same period last year, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statisti

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DOT is "comfortable" with Virgin America's ownership

Virgin America

DOT is "comfortable" with Virgin America's ownership

The U.S. Department of Transportation has assured Virgin America Inc. that the airline’s ownership structure is compliant with U.S. law, the CEO said in a news report.

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Virgin America to buy Frontier's Airbus planes

Airline Industry

Virgin America to buy Frontier's Airbus planes

California-based airline Virgin America Inc.

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Virgin America launches California-Florida service in November

Virgin America

Virgin America launches California-Florida service in November

Virgin America Inc. will start service to the Sunshine State.

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Summer/fall sale launched by Delta, Virgin America

Air Travel

Summer/fall sale launched by Delta, Virgin America

With the anxiety of the ailing airline industry turned up for the fall season, Virgin America has kicked off its own late summer/fall sale, with one-way fares from Boston to either San Francisco or Lo

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New chief information officer at Virgin America

Ravi Simhambhatla Named

New chief information officer at Virgin America

By eTN Staff Writer

Virgin America announced today the appointment of Ravi Simhambhatla as the company's new vice president and chief information officer (CIO).

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Virgin America completes installing Wi-Fi on fleet

Virgin America

Virgin America completes installing Wi-Fi on fleet

Upstart airline Virgin America said Wednesday it has become the first carrier to offer Wi-Fi Internet service on every flight.

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Mesa campaigns to lure Virgin Airlines

Arizona

Mesa campaigns to lure Virgin Airlines

The scramble to lure another airline to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport was thrust into high gear Friday as thousands of airport users and backers were urged to lobby a San Francisco-based carrier for se

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3 Questions: Richard Branson

Virgin America

3 Questions: Richard Branson

By sfgate.com

Q: Virgin just started flying between San Francisco and Orange County last week. Can you make a new route work during a serious recession?

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Virgin America first US airline to join the Climate Registry

Virgin America

Virgin America first US airline to join the Climate Registry

By eTN

SAN FRANCISCO - The Climate Registry, a nonprofit organization that sets consistent standards to calculate, verify and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and Virgin America, the California-based a

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Virgin America appoints new chief financial officer

Holly Nelson Named To Airline's Top Financial Post

Virgin America appoints new chief financial officer

By eTN Staff Writer

Virgin America, the California-based domestic airline, today announced the appointment of Holly Nelson as the company's chief financial officer.

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