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ATA Airlines Reports Load Factor of 77.8 Percent for Scheduled Service in January 2008, Up 7.1 Points

Posted on: Wednesday, 6 February 2008, 15:00 CST

ATA Airlines, Inc., today reported that its scheduled service passenger load factor increased 7.1 points to 77.8 percent from 70.7 percent in January 2007. ATA enplaned 133,394 passengers in January, a decrease of 24.8 percent compared with 177,367 passengers for the same period in 2007. Scheduled service traffic increased to 293.2 million revenue passenger miles (RPMs), up 2.4 percent from 286.3 million RPMs recorded in January 2007. Capacity decreased to 376.9 million available seat miles (ASMs), down 6.9 percent compared to 404.7 million ASMs for the same period last year.

As of Jan. 31, 2008, ATA's fleet consists of one Boeing 737-300, 12 Boeing 737-800s, six Boeing 757-200s, four Boeing 757-300s, three Lockheed L-1011s, and three Boeing DC-10-30s.

In its 35th year of operations, ATA, a subsidiary of Global Aero Logistics Inc., continues to offer affordable scheduled service travel to and from destinations such as Hawaii, Guadalajara, Cancun, Oakland, Chicago, Las Vegas and Dallas/Ft. Worth. Through connecting Southwest Airlines codeshare flights, ATA now serves customers in more than 60 markets. For more information, visit www.ata.com.

                              January 2008 Traffic                                  January 2008 ATA Airlines Scheduled Service Statistics     2008       2007     Change =========================================  =========  =========  =========   Revenue Passenger Miles (000s)             293,223    286,334        2.4%   Available Seat Miles (000s)                376,861    404,719       -6.9%   Load Factor                                   77.8%      70.7%   7.1 pts   Passengers Enplaned                        133,394    177,367      -24.8%   Passenger Trip Length                        2,198      1,614       36.2% -----------------------------------------  ---------  ---------  --------- ATA Airlines Charter Service Statistics       2008       2007      Change =========================================  =========  =========  =========   Revenue Passenger Miles (000s)             158,842    111,549       42.4%   Available Seat Miles (000s)                321,407    249,762       28.7%   Passengers Enplaned                         41,489     30,247       37.2% -----------------------------------------  ---------  ---------  --------- 

 Contact: Steve Forsyth 1-770-632-8322 media.relations@iflyata.com

SOURCE: ATA Airlines

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