Spirit Airlines Reports Record June 2005 Traffic

Spirit Airlines reports June traffic. Last month, Spirit carried 412,502 passengers, 19,371 more than the same period last year. Spirit achieved an 82.5% load factor, which was 4.4 points higher than June 2004. Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) reached 388,562,000, 5.1% fewer than last June, and Available Seat Miles (ASMs) reached 470,744,000, 10.2% fewer than June last year.

"With a 4.9% increase in passengers carried and an increase of 5.7% in load factor year over year, June’s traffic indicates a very strong customer response to Spirit’s service and product offering," said Ben Baldanza, President and Chief Operating Officer of Spirit Airlines. "This was a record June for us in terms of passengers carried and we look forward to continuing this trend all summer long."

  Spirit Airlines June 2005 Traffic Figures                                        2005                2004                                   June      YTD       June      YTD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Passengers Carried             412,502  2,609,213  393,131  2,384,513 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RPM's (000)                    388,562  2,493,903  409,566  2,467,839 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ASM's (000)                    470,744  3,073,361  524,343  3,199,941 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Load Factor                       82.5%      81.1%    78.1%      77.1% ----------------------------------------------------------------------                                           Month Change     YTD Change                                         Amount     %     Amount     % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Passengers Carried                      19,371    4.9%  224,700   9.4% ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RPM's (000)                            (21,004)  -5.1%   26,063   1.1% ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ASM's (000)                            (53,600) -10.2% (126,580) -4.0% ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Load Factor                                4.4    5.7%      4.0   5.2% ----------------------------------------------------------------------  Table excludes charter activity.  

About Spirit Airlines

Founded in 1990, Fort Lauderdale-based Spirit Airlines is the largest privately-held airline in the U.S., bringing low fares and friendly service to 20 cities, including: Atlantic City, N.J.; Cancun, Mexico; Chicago/O’Hare; Detroit; Kingston (service starts 11/10/05), Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Montego Bay (service starts 11/10/05), Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Nassau, Bahamas; New York/LaGuardia; Providence/Boston Area; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Washington, D.C./Reagan National; and the Florida cities of Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando and Tampa, with seasonal service to West Palm Beach.

In addition to comfortable Coach class service, Spirit offers Spirit Plus, a low-cost business class with 2-by-2 leather seating, an extra six inches of legroom vs. coach in Airbus fleet, complimentary cocktails and snacks.

Spirit is currently bringing in a new fleet of Airbus aircraft and plans to have completed its fleet renewal by early 2007. Spirit currently has 6 A319, 5 A321, and 23 MD-80 aircraft.

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