Virgin America seemed to get approved a little fast than 25 years. Lmao!! #Airbus hahahahaha
Burlingame, Calif. - March 20, 2007 - The Department of Transportation (DOT) today tentatively approved Virgin America's application to start a new U.S. airline, finding the carrier is owned and controlled by U.S. citizens and is fit to operate as a domestic airline.
Virgin America is also in the final stages of receiving approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the first new airline ever to be certified through the agency's new Air Transportation and Oversight System (ATOS) safety program-- the FAA's newest and most advanced safety surveillance program. The airline finished its formal FAA safety evaluation in December 2006, and FAA officials commented that it was "the best certification they had seen in 25 years."
