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Virgin America expands to Florida
Quick ReadVirgin America lands in Florida, beginning service from California to Fort Lauderdale
DALLAS (AP) — Two-year-old airline Virgin America touched down Wednesday in Florida, marking one of its most ambitious expansion moves yet with a lavish welcoming ceremony that included Virgin Group Ltd. founder and billionaire Richard Branson.
Virgin took a cautious first step into Florida — just two daily nonstop flights apiece between Fort Lauderdale and both Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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