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Virgin America takes off
by Delia Cruceru

Wednesday, the first Virgin America planes took off to the sky linking its San Francisco hub with New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Los Angeles. The airline is part owned and founded by the UK billionaire Richard Branson. He was received very well by his employees with applause and whistles. "Virgin (America) will make a real difference. Some American airlines have not prided themselves on quality in the sky," he said. Flies for Washington, Las Vegas and other cities are expected to be coming soon, the company has almost 500 employees, and they're expecting to hire more as the routes expand. One customer said about their service: "their small counter at LAX terminal 6 was literally overflowing with employees. I guess they really want to speed passengers through check-in and my check-in only took 30 seconds." They promised to have a wireless connection as soon as the FCC will give them approval to start the service. With cheap prices, Virgin America is a very fearful rival with other domestic carriers like Southwest Airlines Co. and JetBlue Airways Corp. Mike Boyd, a consultant at The Boyd Group, based in Evergreen, Colorado said: "If you're going to start an airline, right now may be the best time â€" everybody's full and there's limited ability to competitively respond."

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by Delia Cruceru for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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