Virgin America reports September 2016 operational results

Virgin America Inc. 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.

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%  6.1pts  84.1%  82.7%   1.4pts

Onboard Passengers (000)  673  562  19.7%  6,028  5,177  16.4%