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5 unusual facts about Virgin America


Collins Avenue Productions

In January 2010, CollinsAve established an innovative partnership with Virgin America Airlines to create one of the first primetime network docuseries - Fly Girls.

Exit row

A few airlines have gone to branding exit row seats as a premium economy product - on Virgin America's A320, the exit rows (as well as bulkhead seats) are considered "Main Cabin Select" where meals, alcohol, pay-per-view movies and a higher baggage allowance are all included.

Gwinnett County Airport

Atlanta's dominant airline, Delta, lobbied against the proposal due to its reluctance to split operations between Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and Briscoe Field, even though three low-cost carriers, Allegiant, JetBlue, and Virgin America, do not yet offer service to Atlanta.

Virgin America destinations

This is a list of airports that Virgin America currently serves or did serve (as of December 2012).

Virgin Produced

Virgin also launched the Virgin Produced Channel in 2012 which serves as a short form captive content channel onboard Virgin's fleet of domestic and international airlines with planned expansion to Virgin Hotels, Gyms and Mobile phone products.


Mile high club

Richard Branson, the British billionaire entrepreneur and owner of Virgin Atlantic Airways and Virgin America Airways, claimed that he joined the mile high club at age 19 (c. 1969) in the plane's lavatory.


see also

Joe Sabia

He is regularly featured on Boing Boing TV on Virgin America flights and is also the co-founder of YouTube music collective Cdza.