Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Fiorillo E. Frances
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Virgin America Inc. [VA]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Senior VP, People & In-flight
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O VIRGIN AMERICA INC., 555 AIRPORT BLVD
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/14/2016
(Street)

BURLINGAME, CA 94010
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 12/14/2016   D   52,658 (1) D $ 57 (2) 0 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 12.9842 12/14/2016   D     34,013   (3) 05/12/2023 Common Stock 34,013 (3) 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Fiorillo E. Frances
C/O VIRGIN AMERICA INC.
555 AIRPORT BLVD
BURLINGAME, CA 94010
      Senior VP, People & In-flight  

Signatures

 /s/ Allen Huang, Attorney-in-fact for E. Frances Fiorillo   12/14/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes 4,857 restricted stock units ("RSUs"), 8,358 shares of service-based restricted stock and 11,922 shares of performance-based restricted stock, which resulted from an initial award of 5,961 shares.
(2) Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 1, 2016, by and among Virgin America Inc., Alaska Air Group, Inc. and Alpine Acquisition Corp. (the "Merger Agreement"), (i) each issued and outstanding RSU was automatically vested and converted into the right to receive $57.00 in cash, without interest, (ii) each issued and outstanding share of common stock was automatically cancelled and converted into the right to receive $57.00 in cash, without interest, (iii) each issued and outstanding share of service-based restricted stock was automatically vested and converted into the right to receive $57.00 in cash, without interest, and (iv) each issued and outstanding share of performance-based restricted stock was automatically vested (treating the performance-based condition to which such award was subject as having been attained at a level of 200%) and converted into the right to receive $57.00 in cash, without interest.
(3) Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, this option, whether or not then vested, was cancelled in exchange for a cash payment for each share subject to the option equal to the excess of $57.00 over the per share exercise price of the option.

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