Virgin America Ranks Number 1 For Fifth Year | Aviation news portal

Airline Once Again Takes Top Honors as ?Best Domestic Airline? in Survey of T+L Readers
Virgin America Launches ?High Five? Nationwide 8?Hour Fare Sale to Thank Flyers for the Five Year Sweep

San Francisco?? July 6, 2012 ? Virgin America, the California?based airline that is reinventing travel, today took the top honors for the fifth consecutive year as ?Best Domestic Airline? in the prestigious?Travel + Leisure?World?s Best Awards readers? survey. The annual?Travel + Leisure?World?s Best Awards highlight the results of a survey that captures the opinions of?Travel + Leisure?readers on their favorite travel experiences.* In this 17th annual readers? survey, airlines were rated byTravel + Leisure?readers in four categories, including: cabin comfort, in?flight service, customer service and value. Virgin America was ranked as the top domestic airline for the fifth consecutive year. Select survey results, including Virgin America?s win, were profiled on NBC?s TODAY Show this morning and are now featured on?www.TravelandLeisure.com/worldsbest.

To thank its loyal flyers and celebrate its five year winning streak, Virgin America today launches an eight?hour ?High Five? fare sale for travel between August 22, 2012 and October 17, 2012. Main Cabin fares start as low as $55** from San Francisco to San Diego and San Francisco to Los Angeles, and from $155** from Boston to Los Angeles, New York to Las Vegas and San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale (restrictions apply). Tickets must be purchased today (July 6) between 9:00am PT and 4:59pm PT. Tickets are on sale today and can only be purchased on Virgin America?s website (www.virginamerica.com) and at 1.877.FLY.VIRGIN (1.877.359.8474).***

?We are honored to have won top marks from?Travel + Leisure?readers for the fifth year in a row,? said Virgin America President and CEO David Cush. ?There are many awards that rank airlines that are paid or that include only the largest airlines, so it is a real distinction to win the top quality ranking in an independent survey of thousands of some of the most discerning travelers out there. As we mark our fifth year anniversary this summer, this award is a testament to our unique product and the continued dedication of our teammates ? who work so hard to elevate every guest experience.?

The?Travel + Leisure?2012 World?s Best Awards results, including the Top Hotels Overall and Top 10 Cities Overall, are featured on?www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest?now and in?Travel + Leisure?s?August issue, available on newsstands July 20. The winners in each category will be honored July 19 at the Conrad New York Hotel in New York City. The award ceremony will be hosted by?Travel + Leisure?s?Editor?in?Chief Nancy Novogrod and Vice President and Publisher Jean?Paul Kyrillos.

To further celebrate its ranking among travel aficionados, today the airline asks flyers to contribute their own ?High Five? photos by creating a ?Virgin America High Five? pin board on Pinterest made up of five pins that reflect their top five travel highlights on Virgin America (or at a Virgin America destination) over the past five years and submitting it by 11:59pm PT on July 12. The airline will tweet, re?pin and share some of the top contenders over the next week, and will announce a winner (as determined by a panel of judges) at the end of the contest. The winner will score five free Main Cabin roundtrip flights on Virgin America.**** For more, guests can visit?http://vgn.am/highfive?or search the #HighFive hashtag on Twitter.

With topnotch guest service, beautiful design and a host of inventive amenities, Virgin America has captured a list of industry best?in?class awards since launching service in 2007. With one of the youngest fleets in the U.S., Virgin America offers guests sleek, tech?forward aircraft cabins with custom?designed seating, fleetwide in?flight WiFi, a cabin ?moodlighting? system which transitions across 12 shades based on outside light, power outlets near every seat and the most advanced in?flight entertainment system in the skies. The Red? in?flight entertainment platform offers every traveler a seatback touch?screen with 25 on?demand films, live and premium TV, interactive Google Maps, music videos, videogames, seat?to?seat chat, a 3000 MP3 library and an on?demand menu ? so guests can order a cocktail or meal from their seatback any time during a flight. Virgin America offers one of the largest selections of fresh menu items, with a focus on lighter, more health?focused options in keeping with the airline?s California roots. The menu?was also named best in the U.S. in 2009 by Travel & Leisure.

?High Five? fares include the following, restrictions apply:

		August 22 to October 17, 2012
		21 Day AP
		Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat
Boston	Los Angeles	$155**
Boston	San Francisco	$155**
New York	Los Angeles	$145**
New York	Las Vegas	$155**
New York	San Francisco	$175**
Chicago	Los Angeles	$135**
Chicago	San Francisco	$145**
Dulles	Los Angeles	$175**
Dulles	San Francisco	$175**
Ft. Lauderdale	Los Angeles	$165**
Ft. Lauderdale	San Francisco	$155**
Orlando	Los Angeles	$175**
Orlando	San Francisco	$175**
Philadelphia	Los Angeles	$165**
Philadelphia	San Francisco	$175**
Dallas/Ft. Worth	Los Angeles	$125**
Dallas/Ft. Worth	San Francisco	$125**
San Francisco	Los Angeles	$55**
San Francisco	Las Vegas	$65**
San Francisco	San Diego	$55**
Seattle	Los Angeles	$95**
Seattle	San Francisco	$95**
Portland	Los Angeles	$95**
Portland	San Francisco	$95**

As one of the few growing U.S. airlines, Virgin America has expanded to 18 destinations, a fleet of 52 new aircraft and 2,600 teammates since its launch nearly five years ago. Virgin America flies to San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C. (IAD), Seattle, Las Vegas, San Diego, Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Dallas?Fort Worth, Los Cabos, Cancun, Chicago, Puerto Vallarta, Palm Springs, Philadelphia, Portland and Washington D.C.?s Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) (as of August 14, 2012).

Source ? Virgin America

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