Virgin America CEO: Newark Flights Led the Way on First Ever Q2 Profit
Photo Credit: Virgin America CEO David Cush attended the opening ceremonies at Newark Airport in April as the airline kicked off nonstop flights to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Virgin America
Skift Take
There has been a lot of skepticism about whether Virgin America could turn itself into a profitable airline. It still faces tremendous competition and big-time challenges, but today's earnings announcement was a hopeful sign for an airline that a lot of people feel very good about.
Until Virgin America showed up in April, United Airlines was the sole carrier flying Newark-San Francisco nonstops, and when you add in the Los Angeles-Newark nonstops that Virgin America introduced at the same time, the Newark operation was running in the black in the second quarter.
That's the word from Virgin America CEO David Cush, who tells Skift that its San Francisco-Newark and Los Angeles-Newark flights, which greatly expanded Virgin America
