AirTran Airways Reports All-Time Record June Traffic

ORLANDO, Fla., July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. NYSE: AAI, today reported record traffic for the month of June 2008. The airline reported that revenue passenger miles (RPMs), available seat miles (ASMs), enplaned passengers, and load factor represent new all-time company records for the month of June.

For June, traffic grew by 15.5 percent to more than 1.8 billion RPMs based on a 13.0 percent increase in capacity. The company's load factor for the month was 84.7 percent. The airline enplaned more than 2.3 million passengers for the month, a 4.2 percent increase from June 2007.

    In the month of June, AirTran Airways began new service to San Antonio,
Texas.

                      AirTran Airways June 2008 Traffic
                                (Preliminary)

                                    June 2008     June 2007     Change
    Revenue Passenger Miles (000)   1,886,053     1,633,402     15.5 percent

    Available Seat Miles (000)      2,226,512     1,970,123     13.0 percent

    Load Factor                     84.7 percent  82.9 percent  1.8 points

    Passengers Enplaned             2,339,430     2,245,712     4.2 percent

                                    2Q 2008       2Q 2007       Change
    Revenue Passenger Miles (000)   5,128,676     4,527,372     13.3 percent

    Available Seat Miles (000)      6,457,117     5,747,975     12.3 percent

    Load Factor                     79.4 percent  78.8 percent  0.6 points

    Passengers Enplaned             6,533,427     6,323,023     3.3 percent


                                    Y-T-D 2008    Y-T-D 2007    Change
    Revenue Passenger Miles (000)   9,476,075     8,175,491     15.9 percent

    Available Seat Miles (000)      12,228,154    10,955,107    11.6 percent

    Load Factor                     77.5 percent  74.6 percent  2.9 points

    Passengers Enplaned             12,251,746    11,403,131    7.4 percent

AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc., a Fortune 1000 company, ranked number one in the 2008 Airline Quality Rating study. The airline offers more than 700 affordable, daily flights to 57 U.S. destinations, employs 8,900 friendly Crew Members and operates America's youngest all-Boeing fleet. AirTran Airways also provides XM Satellite Radio and Business Class seating on every flight. For more information and free online booking, visit http://www.airtran.com.

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