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AirTran Airways reports Oct-2010 traffic

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02-Nov-2010 AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), today reported traffic for the month of October.

The airline reported that revenue passenger miles (RPMs), available seat miles (ASMs), load factor and enplanements represent new monthly records for the month of October.

For October, traffic grew by 4.3 percent to more than 1.5 billion RPMs. The airline's load factor for the month was 82.4 percent. AirTran Airways enplaned more than 2 million passengers for the month, a 3.9 percent increase from the same month one year ago.

AirTran Airways October 2010 Traffic

(Preliminary)


October 2010

October 2009

Change

Revenue Passenger Miles (000)

1,569,909

1,505,874

4.3 percent

Available Seat Miles (000)

1,905,856

1,901,825

0.2 percent

Load Factor

82.4 percent

79.2 percent

3.2 points

Passengers Enplaned

2,075,573

1,998,120

3.9 percent


Y-T-D 2010

Y-T-D 2009

Change

Revenue Passenger Miles (000)

16,433,321

15,582,830

5.5 percent

Available Seat Miles (000)

20,120,451

19,400,086

3.7 percent

Load Factor

81.7 percent

80.3 percent

1.4 points

Passengers Enplaned

20,675,665

20,084,377

2.9 percent

AirTran Airways is a Fortune 1000 company and has been ranked the number one low cost carrier in the Airline Quality Rating study for the past three years. AirTran Airways is the only major airline with Gogo Inflight Internet on every flight and offers coast-to-coast service on North America's newest all-Boeing fleet. Our 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