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AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AAI) , today reported all-time record traffic, both for the month of July and in the company's history. The airline reported that revenue passenger miles (RPMs), available seat miles (ASMs), enplaned passengers and load factor represent new all-time company records. |
For July, traffic grew by 14.1 percent to more than 2.06 billion RPMs based on a 10.1 percent increase in capacity. The company's load factor for the month was 89.2 percent. The airline enplaned more than 2.5 million passengers for the month, a 5.0 percent increase from July 2007.
AirTran Airways July 2008 Traffic
(Preliminary)
July 2008 July 2007 Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 2,063,768 1,808,005 14.1 percent
Available Seat Miles (000) 2,313,139 2,101,654 10.1 percent
Load Factor 89.2 percent 86.0 percent 3.2 points
Passengers Enplaned 2,527,651 2,407,707 5.0 percent
Y-T-D 2008 Y-T-D 2007 Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 11,539,843 9,983,496 15.6 percent
Available Seat Miles (000) 14,541,293 13,056,761 11.4 percent
Load Factor 79.4 percent 76.5 percent 2.9 points
Passengers Enplaned 14,779,397 13,810,838 7.0 percent
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