San Francisco's Hometown Airline Proudly Partners Again with San Francisco Pride Parade & Celebration

SAN FRANCISCO, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Virgin America, the California-based carrier that is reinventing domestic air travel, today announced a partnership with SF Pride, the nation's largest LGBT event, for the second year in a row. As the "Official Airline of SF Pride," Virgin America will once again partner with the San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee for the world-famous, one-of-a-kind SF Pride Parade and Celebration.

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"We couldn't be more proud to again be a part of this incredible tradition and support SF Pride's important work to educate and celebrate the LGBT community. The spirit that surrounds the SF Pride celebration has literally defined the San Francisco community for more than 30 years," said Porter Gale, Vice President of Marketing at Virgin America. "San Francisco's our hometown so how could we not be the official airline of SF Pride? I look forward to pulling my red feather boa out of the closet and marching along side a bevy of our teammates in the parade."

Virgin America will partner with SF Pride for a memorable presence at the parade. Complete with a contingent of over 100 Virgin America teammates and a float modeled after its modern sleek airplanes, Virgin America is bringing the message that "Change is in the Air". The only California-based airline will also welcome on board those traveling from all over the country who will take part in the festivities. Special SF Pride guests will kick off their journey to the event in fabulous style on board Virgin America's planes, which feature nightclub-like moodlighting, custom-designed leather seats, touch-screen personal entertainment systems and as of this spring: in-flight internet on every flight. This year's parade-goers can now obsessively update their Facebook status, Tweet, and otherwise stay connected while on board their Virgin America flight at 35,000 feet en route to San Francisco.

"SF Pride celebrates the diversity and depth of the San Francisco community," said Lindsey Jones, Executive Director of the LGBT Pride Celebration Committee "We are thrilled to welcome back Virgin America as our official domestic airline sponsor. Virgin America's commitment to make flying good again echoes SF Pride's commitment to produce an event that makes a difference."

This year marks the 39th Anniversary of SF Pride, which will be held this weekend.

Launched in August 2007, Virgin America offers low-fare, high-tech flights that appeal to today's travelers. Pride-goers on any of Virgin America's 100 daily flights now have the option to surf the Web, check e-mail or log on to their corporate VPN - all from the comfort of their seats at 35,000 feet. Virgin America is the first and only airline to offer consumers in-flight WiFi on every flight - regardless of route, aircraft type, or flight time. Virgin America also offers power outlets near every seat - so travelers can stay connected longer.

Virgin America flies to San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C., Las Vegas, San Diego, Seattle, Boston and Orange County. The airline is one of the fastest growing of all time, with a new fleet and daily flights from: SFO to LAX, SFO to JFK, SFO to SAN, SFO to IAD, SFO to LAS, LAX to JFK, LAX to IAD, SFO to SEA, SEA to LAX, JFK to LAS, BOS to LAX, BOS to SFO, and SFO to SNA.

EDITORS NOTE: Virgin America is a U.S. controlled and operated airline and an entirely separate company from Virgin Atlantic. Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group is a minority share investor in Virgin America.

About Virgin America: Launched in August 2007, Virgin America offers guests attractive fares and a host of innovative features aimed at reinventing air travel. Virgin America's base of operations is San Francisco International Airport's modern International Terminal. The airline's new Airbus A320-family aircraft offer interactive in-flight entertainment systems and power outlets near every seat for electronic gear. Virgin America offers in-flight internet service on every flight and hosts the largest in-flight entertainment library in the domestic skies via its touch-screen Red(TM) seatback system. In addition to a 25-film library including Oscar winners, foreign language films and Hollywood blockbusters, Red features live TV, videogames, seat-to-seat chat, 3,000 MP3s, music videos and more. In just over a year flying, Virgin America was named "Best Domestic Airline in the Conde Nast Traveler 2008 Readers' Choice Awards and "Best Domestic Airline" in Travel + Leisure 2008 World's Best Awards. To learn more: www.virginamerica.com

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