It’s a bit ironic that Virgin America, now owned by Alaska Airlines, is the launch partner of Airbus’s newest a320 family plane. Virgin America, when it was independent, was an enthusiastic supporter of Airbus and the a320; Alaska Airlines has been a stanch Boeing 737 supporting for their operations. Alaska has made some statements that cast doubt on Airbus being included in the future combined operations. Even so, with the leases and commitments they have inherited with Virgin America, the Airbus aircrafts will be around at least until the early 2020s – and then things can change.<\/p>\n

From a passenger perspective, I’m interested in flying Virgin America’s newest aircraft. I like the way main cabin select is located toward the front of the cabin and that there are 50% more possible seats for an upgrade. Now if I can just get away from the office.<\/p>\n

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Airbus a321neo (by Airbus) Virgin America is planning to launch its first flight of the Airbus a321neo aircraft on May 31st, 2017 on its San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Washington’s Regan National Airport (DCA). The airline has had orders on the Airbus a321neo since 2010, well before any plans of a merger with Alaska […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","WB4WB4WP_MODE":"","WB4WP_PAGE_SCRIPTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_STYLES":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FONTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_HEADER":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FOOTER":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[171,123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airbus","category-virgin-america"],"yoast_head":"\n