AirTran Airways Reports All-Time Record Traffic in August
Posted on: Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 12:02 CDT
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. , today reported all-time record traffic for the month of August 2007. The airline reported that revenue passenger miles (RPMs), available seat miles (ASMs), enplaned passengers, and load factors for August represent new all-time company records.
For August, traffic grew by 34.6 percent to more than 1.7 billion RPMs based on a 20.4 percent increase in capacity. The company's load factor for the month was 84.3 percent. The airline enplaned more than 2.3 million passengers for the month, a 28.4 percent increase over August 2006.
"We are very pleased with our record-breaking August traffic and proud of all of our hard-working Crew Members and the high-quality service they provide for our customers every day," said Bob Fornaro, AirTran Airways' president and chief operating officer. "Extreme heat and thunderstorms made the operating environment especially tough across much of the country, and our Crew Members handled the challenges with skill and determination."
Other August highlights include the announcement of new, nonstop service between Raleigh/Durham, N.C., and Orlando, as well as Phoenix, Ariz., and Milwaukee, Wis.; and the start of new, nonstop service between Las Vegas, Nev., and Rochester, N.Y., Flint, Mich., Akron/Canton and Dayton, Ohio, Moline/Quad Cities and Bloomington/Normal, Ill. AirTran Airways also announced that it will begin nonstop, daily flights between Las Vegas and Indianapolis, Ind., and raised more than $50,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
AirTran Airways August 2007 Traffic (Preliminary) August 2007 August 2006 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 1,744,106 1,295,574 34.6 percent Available Seat Miles (000) 2,069,894 1,718,558 20.4 percent Load Factor 84.3 percent 75.4 percent 8.9 points Passengers Enplaned 2,303,956 1,794,163 28.4 percent Y-T-D 2007 Y-T-D 2006 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 11,727,602 9,448,349 24.1 percent Available Seat Miles (000) 15,126,655 12,488,523 21.1 percent Load Factor 77.5 percent 75.7 percent 1.8 points Passengers Enplaned 16,114,794 13,653,037 18.0 percent
AirTran Airways, a Fortune 1000 company, offers more than 700 affordable, daily flights to 55 U.S. destinations. With 8,900 friendly Crew Members and America's youngest all-Boeing fleet, AirTran Airways provides XM Satellite Radio and Business Class seating on every flight. For more information and free online booking, visit http://www.airtran.com/.
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 for the year ended December 31, 2006. The Company disclaims any obligation or duty to update or correct any of its forward-looking statements.
Media Contacts: Tad Hutcheson tad.hutcheson@airtran.com 678.254.7442 Judy Graham-Weaver judy.graham-weaver@airtran.com 678.254.7448 David Hirschman david.hirschman@airtran.com 678.254.7465
AirTran Airways
CONTACT: Tad Hutcheson, +1-678-254-7442, tad.hutcheson@airtran.com, orJudy Graham-Weaver, +1-678-254-7448, judy.graham-weaver@airtran.com, or DavidHirschman, +1-678-254-7465, david.hirschman@airtran.com, all of AirTranAirways
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Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall
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