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Virgin America, Inc. is a United States-based airline that began service on August 8, 2007. The airline's stated aim is to provide low-fare, high-quality service for "long-haul point-to-point service between major metropolitan cities on the Eastern and West Coast seaboards." San Francisco International Airport is Virgin America's principal base of operations and sole hub.
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When it comes to choosing what airline to fly, the bottom line is often, well, the bottom line: how much it costs to get where you need to go.
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