AirTran Airways Reports Year End Traffic

2010-01-06

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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.

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%