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ATA Reports July Scheduled Service Traffic

Posted on: Thursday, 4 August 2005, 00:00 CDT

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 3, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- ATA Airlines, Inc., the principal subsidiary of ATA Holdings Corp. (Pink Sheets:ATAHQ), today reported that July scheduled service traffic decreased 46.1 percent from 2004 to 707.6 million RPMs (revenue passenger miles). Capacity decreased 44.5 percent compared to 2004 to 855.4 million ASMs (available seat miles). ATA's July scheduled service passenger load factor decreased 2.5 points to 82.7 percent. There were 548,810 passengers enplaned in July, a decrease of 46.7 percent.

As of July 31, 2005, ATA has a fleet of 22 Boeing 737-800s, 6 Boeing 757-200s, 10 Boeing 757-300s and five Lockheed L-1011s.

ATA Airlines, now in its 32nd year of operation, offers "easy" and affordable travel to major business centers and popular vacation destinations like New York, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Boston, Hawaii, Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean. Through direct ATA flights and connecting Southwest Airlines codeshare flights, ATA now serves customers in more than 75 destinations. Try ATA's15-times-every-weekday nonstop service between the New York area and Chicago-Midway. For more information, visit ata.com.

ATA Airlines Jet Scheduled Service Statistics

July 2005 2004 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) (000s) 707,626 1,312,166 -46.1% Available Seat Miles (ASMs) (000s) 855,384 1,540,313 -44.5% Load Factor 82.7% 85.2% -2.5 pts Passengers Enplaned 548,810 1,030,420 -46.7% Passenger Trip Length 1,289 1,273 1.3%

Year-To-Date 2005 2004 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) (000s) 4,246,389 7,698,306 -44.8% Available Seat Miles (ASMs) (000s) 6,231,593 10,479,502 -40.5% Load Factor 68.1% 73.5% -5.4 pts Passengers Enplaned 3,391,524 6,192,284 -45.2% Passenger Trip Length 1,252 1,243 0.7%

ATA Airlines Charter Service Statistics July 2005 2004 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) (000s) 169,287 168,075 0.7% Available Seat Miles (ASMs) (000s) 262,621 328,557 -20.1% Passengers Enplaned 32,566 44,481 -26.8%

Year-To-Date 2005 2004 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) (000s) 1,218,894 1,055,894 15.4% Available Seat Miles (ASMs) (000s) 2,340,367 2,127,241 10.0% Passengers Enplaned 250,800 261,368 -4.0%

CONTACT: ATA Airlines, Inc. Denny Poynter (317) 282-2659 Dennis.Poynter@iflyata.com

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