AirTran Airways Reports January Traffic

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), today reported traffic for the month of January. The airline reported that revenue passenger miles (RPMs), available seat miles (ASMs) and enplaned passengers represent new monthly records for the month of January.

For January, traffic grew by 6.8 percent to more than 1.3 billion RPMs and the airline enplaned over 1.7 million passengers.  

    
    
                           AirTran Airways January 2010 Traffic
                                       (Preliminary)
    
                                    January 2010   January 2009   Change
                                    ------------   ------------   -----------
    Revenue Passenger Miles (000)   1,357,733      1,270,815      6.8 percent
    
    Available Seat Miles (000)      1,884,953      1,736,142      8.6 percent
    
    Load Factor                     72.0 percent   73.2 percent  -1.2 points
     
    Passengers Enplaned             1,714,763      1,671,492      2.6 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 and is the recipient of the prestigious 2010 Market Leadership Award from Air Transport World.  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.

SOURCE AirTran Airways

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