AirTran Airways Reports Year End Traffic

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Jan 06, 2010, 08:00 ET

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), today reported setting new December records for traffic, capacity and enplaned passengers.

For December, 2009, AirTran Airways traffic increased 5.3 percent to more than 1.5 billion RPMs on an 8.2 percent rise in capacity and the number of enplaned passengers jumped 1.7 percent to over 1.9 million.

For the fourth quarter, traffic increased 6.9 percent to more than 4.5 billion RPMs on an 8.1 rise in capacity.

For 2009, the airline's load factor climbed 0.2 points to 79.8 percent. 

                        AirTran Airways December 2009 Traffic
                                (Preliminary)

                                   December 2009  December 2008 Change
                                   -------------  ------------- ------

    Revenue Passenger Miles (000)  1,534,077      1,456,396     5.3%
    Available Seat Miles (000)     1,975,465      1,825,229     8.2%
    Load Factor                    77.7%          79.8%         -2.1 points
    Passengers Enplaned            1,978,508      1,945,868     1.7%

                                   4Q 2009        4Q 2008       Change
                                   -------        -------       ------
    Revenue Passenger Miles (000)  4,511,080      4,218,819     6.9%
    Available Seat Miles (000)     5,795,856      5,359,177     8.1%
    Load Factor                    77.8%          78.7%         -0.9 points
    Passengers Enplaned            5,911,553      5,754,446     2.7%


                                   Y-T-D 2009     Y-T-D 2008    Change
                                   ----------     ----------    ------
    Revenue Passenger Miles (000)  18,588,036     18,955,843    -1.9%
    Available Seat Miles (000)     23,294,117     23,809,190    -2.2%
    Load Factor                    79.8%          79.6%         0.2 points
    Passengers Enplaned            23,997,810     24,619,120    -2.5%

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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