Virgin America Will Go South of the Border to Cancun and Cabo

Where: Mexico

June 29, 2010 at 11:27 AM | by JetSetCD | Comments (0)

At this very moment, Richard Branson, CEO of Virgin Group, is announcing the next two destinations for the low-cost airline Virgin America and they are as we expected: Cabo San Lucas and Cancun, from both San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The announcement comes at the start of a huge party at SFO to mark Virgin America's first route over the border into Canada, to Toronto to be more specific. The party is where we're at right now, and while we're trying not to invade the personal space of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, we can't help but be excited for the future south of the border flights. We're just waiting for someone to start chanting "VX to MEX!"

Image via Virgin America's TwitPic

Virgin America CEO David Cush says that there's no official date yet set for the first Mexico flights, but we're guessing they'll begin when fall temperatures drop the US back into jacket weather and people start dreaming of hot sun and bikinis again.

Up until now, Virgin America has focused on the big business routes: NY to LA/SF, up and down the Pacific Coast, Fort Lauderdale and even Toronto. Cabo and Cancun however mean that VX is eyeing the leisure market and looking to take flyers to both the boardroom and the beach. And if you think a lot of celebrities fly Virgin America between the coasts now, just wait until that LAX-Cabo route gets going.

Stay tuned for more as we learn more...

[Plane photo: Virgin America; master Photoshop work: Jaunted]

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