Virgin America Newest Airline at Silicon Valley’s San Jose Mineta International February 4, 2013 – (Louisville, KY): Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC) is under-served yet has one of the best on-time rankings. On the other hand, Virgin America’s home and hub at nearby San Francisco International Airport [...]

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DOT Fines COPA Airlines $150,000 and Virgin America $55,000 USD The US Department of Transportation (DOT) means business when it comes to enforcing fines for Tarmac Delays. The DOT just fined COPA Airlines of Panama $150,000 and Virgin America Airlines $55,000 for tarmac delays which took place in 2012. Strict rules are in place which [...]

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Airline Passengers Turn To Twitter First all the rave was over Angry Birds, now it’s Angry Tweets over delays, cancelled flights, lost luggage, and more. Airline passengers are now armed with smartphones and an army of consumers have fired up their Twitter applications to complain about their flights over the holiday season. As multiple weather [...]

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Virgin America Takes on United at Newark Liberty Airport United Airlines, it’s time to move over at Newark — Virgin America is bringing some well needed competition to the market. United will still be the dominant carrier at Newark Liberty with their New York City hub, but Virgin America will be bringing their hip service [...]

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Be prepared for packed airports and skies The number of individual traveling by air is up this year which means you’ll need to pack your patience as we begin the busy Thanksgiving travel period in the United States. The Sunday after Thanksgiving is set to be the busiest day for air travel in the United [...]

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Airbus Manufacturing To Arrive in the United States in Mobile, Alabama Airbus has announced plans to build a manufacturing plant in Mobile, Alabama. The site was chosen due to its low labor costs and easy port access. Over 1,000 new, well paying jobs will be created in Mobile to support the new assembly plant. Building [...]

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The Four Winners Are Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport are not only slot restricted, but they’re restricted to a 1,250 mile perimeter by law.  Today, May 14, four carriers which proposed services are being provided exemptions by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Alaska Airlines – Washington National to Portland, Oregon (PDX) JetBlue Airways [...]

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Virgin Brings Freedom For Philadelphia   Shine the Runway Lights, Philadelphia, as Virgin America “redwood” touches down.  Virgin America is the first airline to launch new service in Philadelphia in eight years. Philadelphia is not only Virgin America’s 17th destination, but a hub for US Airways which drives up prices in markets lacking competition.  Today [...]

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Los Angeles and San Francisco to Portland Virgin America will bring RED to the Rose City as an Airbus known as Redwood is cleared to land at Portland International Airport (PDX) starting June 5th with flights from San Francisco (SFO) and Los Angeles (LAX).  These new routes bring some much need nonstop competition from California’s [...]

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Welcome – The City of Brotherly Love Virgin America has added the City of Brotherly Love to its route network and with introductory pricing, making the trip just began lovelier.  The California based carrier will introduce its low-fare, upscale service to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) later this year. The airline will offer 3 daily nonstop [...]

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