Looking forward to flying Virgin America

It seems like there are a few airlines who tend to “get it” more than others. For a while, I remember JetBlue being the savvy traveler’s airline of choice. There is also the highly-liked but not-as-often talked about Southwest Airlines.

And now there’s the newest contender: Virgin America. They recently gave out 80 free round-trip flights to geed gadget bloggers attending our CES It Won’t Stay in Vegas Blogger Party. I have no doubt that as bloggers start cashing in on those flights, we’ll be hearing about it on the internet.

While talking with the Virgin America people at our party, they were also excited about the fact that AirCell is going to equip their planes with wi-fi sometime in 2008. Couple that with their much-touted in-flight social consoles and it looks like we’re starting to see a plane company that’s trying to sell flights as an entertainment experience as well as a travel service.

Next order of business: make chairs that don’t make my neck cramp.