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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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Forte Stephen A.   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) Chief Operating Officer (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   39,403 (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)

$ 8.4549

12/14/2016

D

46,234

(3)

05/12/2013

Common Stock

46,234

(3)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Forte Stephen A. C/O VIRGIN AMERICA INC. 555 AIRPORT BLVD BURLINGAME, CA 94010			Chief Operating Officer

Signatures

/s/ Allen Huang, Attorney-in-fact for Stephen Forte		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 6,181 restricted stock units ("RSUs"), 10,746 shares of service-based restricted stock and also includes 15,328 shares of performance-based stock, which resulted from an initial award of 7,664 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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