AirTran Airways Reports September Traffic

                    AirTran Airways September 2008 Traffic

                                         (Preliminary)



                             September 2008  September 2007    Change

                             --------------  --------------    ------

  Revenue Passenger

   Miles (000)                  1,231,637       1,256,571   -2.0 percent



  Available Seat Miles (000)    1,656,498       1,833,682   -9.7 percent



  Load Factor                74.4 percent    68.5 percent     5.9 points



  Passengers Enplaned           1,671,876       1,731,123   -3.4 percent





                             Third Quarter   Third Quarter

                                  2008            2007         Change

                             -------------   -------------     ------

  Revenue Passenger

   Miles (000)                  5,260,949       4,808,682    9.4 percent



  Available Seat Miles (000)    6,221,858       6,005,231    3.6 percent



  Load Factor                84.6 percent    80.1 percent     4.5 points



  Passengers Enplaned           6,612,928       6,442,786    2.6 percent





                               Y-T-D 2008     Y-T-D 2007       Change

                               ----------     ----------       ------

  Revenue Passenger

   Miles (000)                 14,737,024      12,984,173   13.5 percent



  Available Seat Miles (000)   18,450,013      16,960,337    8.8 percent



  Load Factor                79.9 percent    76.6 percent     3.3 points



  Passengers Enplaned          18,864,674      17,845,917    5.7 percent