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Virgin America Names A New PDX-Themed Plane

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Posted March 22nd, 2012, 1:03 PM by Claire Evans

As of June 5th, impossibly-trendy airline Virgin America will start routing flights out of impossibly-trendy PDX airport, allowing Portlandians cheap access to the Southland: 99 bucks for a twice-daily nonstop to Los Angeles, or a once-daily nonstop to San Francisco. This may not seem like a big deal, but Portland—despite its global reputation—is still a small city, and tangible changes like these get people excited. It was practically a city-wide holiday the day our IKEA opened. Plus, our airport is awesome, and consistently voted one of the best in the nation.

To celebrate the new route, the airline held a Portland-themed naming contest for its new plane, the 50th in their fleet. The winning name? “Mt. Hoodie.”

I guess “Bespoke Organic Cotton Hooded Utility Sweatshirt” didn’t fit.

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