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AirTran Airways Reports October Traffic

Posted : Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:52:33 GMT
Author : AirTran Airways
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ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 3 FL-Airtran-traffic

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), today reported traffic for the month of October. The airline reported that revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and available seat miles (ASMs) represent new monthly records for the month of October.

For October, traffic grew by 5.2 percent to more than 1.5 billion RPMs and the airline enplaned nearly 2 million passengers.

                       AirTran Airways October 2009 Traffic
                                         (Preliminary)

                         October 2009        October 2008        Change
                         ------------        ------------        ------
    Revenue Passenger
     Miles (000)         1,505,874              1,431,476         5.2 percent

    Available Seat
     Miles (000)         1,901,825              1,777,512         7.0 percent

    Load Factor          79.2 percent          80.5 percent      -1.3 points

    Passengers Enplaned  1,998,120              1,975,017         1.2 percent


                         Y-T-D 2009            Y-T-D 2008        Change
                         ----------            ----------        ------
    Revenue Passenger
     Miles (000)         15,582,830            16,168,501        -3.6 percent

    Available Seat
     Miles (000)         19,400,086            20,227,525        -4.1 percent

    Load Factor          80.3 percent          79.9 percent       0.4 points

    Passengers
     Enplaned            20,084,377            20,839,691        -3.6 percent

AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI) and a Fortune 1000 company, has been ranked the number one low cost carrier in the Airline Quality Rating study for the past two years. AirTran is the only major airline with Wi-Fi on every flight and offers coast-to-coast service on North America's newest all-Boeing fleet. Its low-cost, high-quality product also includes assigned seating, Business Class and complimentary XM Satellite Radio on every flight. To book a flight, visit www.airtran.com.

    Media Contacts:    AirTran Airways
                       Christopher White
                       Cynthia Tinsley-Douglas
                       678.254.7442

SOURCE AirTran Airways


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