Virgin America Reports February 2016 Operational Results

The FINANCIAL — Virgin America Inc. on March 9 reported its preliminary operational results for February 2016.

The airline’s traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) increased 20.9 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 21.3 percent higher from the same month in 2015. 

Load factor was 78.9 percent, a decrease of 0.3 points from February 2015. The number of onboard passengers increased 20.0 percent from the same month last year, according to Virgin America.