Virgin America Celebrates First Flight to Philadelphia With Star-Studded Red Carpet Launch Party Hosted by Sir Richard Branson at Hotel Palomar

Virgin America Celebrates First Flight to Philadelphia With Star-Studded Red Carpet Launch Party Hosted by Sir Richard Branson at Hotel Palomar

WHAT: Virgin America, the award-winning domestic airline, is celebrating the launch of its new low-fare, upscale flights to Philadelphia with a star-studded red carpet launch bash at Downtown Philadelphia hotspot - Hotel Palomar, a Kimpton Hotel, to celebrate its first flight from the West Coast. Virgin America will be the first new U.S. airline to launch service at PHL in eight years. To celebrate its new service to Philadelphia, Virgin America teamed up with FX's hit show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia to offer fans the chance to join the show's sports-crazed Greenman and castmember Glenn Howerton for the ultimate tailgate - celebrating the touch-down of the first Virgin 'tail' at PHL before being whisked away to the luxurious Hotel Palomar for the airline's red carpet fete - where DJ Jazzy Jeff will be spinning for party guests including actor Glenn Howerton, hip hop artist Wiz Khalifa, model/actress/singer Amber Rose, Academy Award nominee,Terrence Howard and filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan.

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Known for its mood-lit cabins and high-tech features, Virgin America has swept the major awards, including "Best Domestic Airline" in Conde Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards and Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards. Virgin America offers beautifully-designed and comfortable cabins alongside a host of high-tech amenities, including moodlit cabins, fleetwide WiFi, power outlets and touch-screen entertainment platforms at every seat. The Red entertainment platform offers guests access to 35 on-demand films, live TV, videogames, music videos, seat-to-seat chat as well as an on-demand menu so flyers can order cocktails or snacks from their seat any time during their flight. High resolution photos of the airline's unique in-flight features can be found here: www.virginamerica.com/about/airline-photos/virgin-america-pictures.html.

When: Wednesday, April 4, 7:00 - 11:00 p.m. (media can arrive for red carpet
setup at 6:30p.m.)

Where: The Hotel Palomar (117 South 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103)

Who: Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Group Founder
Glenn Howerton, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Wiz Khalifa, Hip hop artist
Amber Rose, model/actress/singer
Terrence Howard, Academy Award nominee
Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan
Seth Green, actor
Zoe Kravitz, actress
Penn Badgley, actor
The Roots
Reid Rosenthal, The Bachelor
Brent Celek, the Philadelphia Eagles

RSVP: Whitney Gaglio /714.402.6015 (cell)/whitney.gaglio@ogilvy.com
EDITORS NOTE: Virgin America is a U.S.-controlled, owned and operated airline. It is an entirely separate company from Virgin Atlantic. Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group is a minority share investor in Virgin America.

About Virgin America: Headquartered in California, Virgin America is a new domestic airline that offers guests attractive fares and a host of innovative features aimed at reinventing air travel. The airline's base of operations is San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Known for beautifully-designed planes with WiFi, power outlets and touch-screen entertainment at every seat, Virgin America has swept the travel awards since its 2007 launch, including being named "Best U.S. Airline" in Conde Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards and Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards.

The airline's new aircraft offer interactive in-flight entertainment systems and power outlets near every seat. In addition to a Main Cabin that offers each guest a personal TV, power outlets and a leather seat with a deeper, more comfortable pitch, the airline's First Class Cabin offers plush white leather seating with 55 inches of pitch, 165 degrees of recline and lumbar massagers. The carrier's Main Cabin Select offers 38-inches of pitch, free food and cocktails and priority check-in/boarding. For more: www.virginamerica.com

Contacts:
Patricia Condon Whitney Gaglio
650.906.8147 (cell) 714.402.6015 (cell)
patricia.condon@virginamerica.com whitney.gaglio@ogilvy.com
/PRNewswire -- April 3, 2012/

SOURCE Virgin America

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Virgin America

Web Site: http://www.virginamerica.com

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