Virgin America Inc. was a low-cost airline in the United States that operated from 2004 until it merged with Alaska Airlines in 2018. The airline primarily focused on operating low-fare service between cities on the West Coast and other major metropolitan areas, with higher quality service. It was headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Burlingame, and operated domestic flights to major U.S. cities, primarily from hubs at San Francisco and Los Angeles as well as a smaller focus city operation at Love Field in Dallas.
"Air Colbert", the aircraft used on Virgin America's inaugural flight, at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Virgin America's check-in area at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.
The Virgin America exhibit at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Dallas Love Field
An Airbus A321 acquired by Alaska Airlines from Virgin America in the "More to Love" livery, depicting the acquisition of Virgin America by Alaska Airlines
Alaska Airlines is a major airline in the United States headquartered in SeaTac, Washington, within the Seattle metropolitan area. It is the fifth-largest airline in North America when measured by scheduled passengers carried. Alaska, together with its regional partners Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines operates a route network primarily focused on connecting cities along the West Coast of the United States to over 100 destinations in the contiguous United States, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Mexico.
A Stinson "S" Junior aircraft of McGee Airways: McGee Airways was the precursor to present-day Alaska Airlines.
An Alaska Airlines Douglas DC-3, one of the aircraft purchased by the airline after World War II
The Convair 880 was Alaska Airlines' first jet aircraft.
A Boeing 727-100 at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. The airline introduced this type in the mid-1960s.
