AirTran Airways Reports Record Traffic For 2006

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI) , today reported record traffic results for the full year 2006 as well as December 2006 and the Fourth Quarter. The airline reported that revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and passengers enplaned represent company records for December and the quarter, while available seat miles (ASMs) represent an all-time record for December and the quarter.

For the year, AirTran Airways traffic grew 22.4 percent on a capacity increase of 23.7 percent, and the load factor was 72.8 percent. The airline has enplaned a record number of passengers with 20,051,219 boardings this year, an increase of 20.5 percent from 2005.

For the Fourth Quarter, AirTran Airways traffic grew 16.1 percent on a capacity increase of 20.2 percent, and the load factor was 69.0 percent. The airline enplaned 5,017,232 passengers during the Fourth Quarter, an increase of 14.3 percent from Fourth Quarter 2005.

For December, traffic grew by 20.2 percent to over 1.2 billion RPMs on an increase of 19.4 percent in capacity, and the load factor was 70.4 percent. The airline enplaned more than 1.7 million passengers in the month of December, a 16.6 percent increase from December 2005.

                  AirTran Airways December 2006 Traffic
                              (Preliminary)

                            December 2006   December 2005        Change
  Revenue Passenger
   Miles (000)                  1,220,684      1,015, 437         20.2%

  Available Seat Miles (000)    1,733,437       1,451,505         19.4%

  Load Factor                       70.4%           70.0%    0.4 points

  Passengers Enplaned           1,753,023       1,503,125         16.6%


                                  4Q 2006         4Q 2005        Change
  Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 3,438,110       2,961,689         16.1%

  Available Seat Miles (000)    4,981,377       4,144,820         20.2%

  Load Factor                       69.0%           71.5%   -2.5 points

  Passengers Enplaned           5,017,232       4,388,198         14.3%


                               Y-T-D 2006      Y-T-D 2005        Change
  Revenue Passenger
   Miles (000)                 13,836,378      11,301,534         22.4%

  Available Seat Miles (000)   19,007,416      15,369,505         23.7%

  Load Factor                       72.8%           73.5%   -0.7 points

  Passengers Enplaned          20,051,219      16,638,214         20.5%

AirTran Airways, a Fortune 1000 company and one of America's largest low-fare airlines with 8,000 friendly, professional Crew Members, operates nearly 700 daily flights to 52 destinations. The airline's hub is at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where it is the second largest carrier. AirTran Airways' aircraft features the fuel-efficient Boeing 737-700 and 717-200 to create America's youngest all-Boeing fleet. The airline is also the first carrier to install XM Satellite Radio on a commercial aircraft and the only airline with Business Class and XM Satellite Radio on every flight. For reservations or more information, visit http://www.airtran.com/ (America Online Keyword: AirTran).

Editor's note: Statements regarding the Company's operational and financial success, business model, expectation about future success, improved operational performance and our ability to maintain or improve our low costs are forward-looking statements and are not historical facts. Instead, they are estimates or projections involving numerous risks or uncertainties, including but not limited to, consumer demand and acceptance of services offered by the Company, the Company's ability to maintain current cost levels, fare levels and actions by competitors, regulatory matters and general economic conditions. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in the Company's SEC filings, including but not limited to the Company's annual report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2005. The Company disclaims any obligation or duty to update or correct any of its forward-looking statements.

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                      Judy Graham-Weaver
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