Spirit Airlines Reports February 2006 Traffic

Spirit Airlines reports February 2006 traffic. Spirit carried 382,828 passengers, 4.8% less than February 2005. Spirit achieved a 78.7% load factor, which was just one half of a point less than last February. Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) reached 360,912,000 and Available Seat Miles (ASMs) reached 458,585,000.

“With 25% of our destinations having started within the past 3 months, and 15% in February alone, I’m more than pleased with our results,” said Ben Baldanza, president and chief operating officer of Spirit Airlines. “There is a continued excellent customer response to our network strategy as well as our accelerated transition to an all Airbus fleet, which will be complete prior to the start of the 4th quarter. Customers are enjoying Spirit’s sweet new airplanes, sexy destinations, and of course, our hot fares.”

 Spirit Airlines February 2006 Traffic Figures                                2006                       2005                            Feb.        YTD           Feb.        YTD ———————————————————————- Passengers Carried      382,828     778,159       402,315     824,588 ———————————————————————- RPM’s (000)             360,912     732,748       387,711     802,983 ———————————————————————- ASM’s (000)             458,585     944,261       489,715   1,022,547 ———————————————————————- Load Factor               78.7%       77.6%         79.2%       78.5% ———————————————————————-                             Month Change                YTD Change                         Amount          %          Amount         % ———————————————————————- Passengers Carried      (19,487)      -4.8%       (46,429)      -5.6% ———————————————————————- RPM’s (000)             (26,798)      -6.9%       (70,234)      -8.7% ———————————————————————- ASM’s (000)             (31,130)      -6.4%       (78,285)      -7.7% ———————————————————————- Load Factor                (0.5)      -0.6%          (0.9)      -1.2% ———————————————————————- 

About Spirit Airlines

Fort Lauderdale-based Spirit Airlines is the best-capitalized, low fare carrier to the Caribbean with hubs in Detroit and in Fort Lauderdale and service to 29 cities in the United States, Bahamas, and the Caribbean.

In addition to comfortable Coach class service, Spirit offers Spirit Plus business class with 2-by-2 leather seats with an extra 6 inches of legroom vs coach in the new Airbus fleet, complimentary cocktails and snacks.

For more information, fares, schedules and reservations visit http://www.spiritair.com or call 1-800-772-7117 (en Espanol, 1-800-756-7117).