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Spirit Airlines Reports August 2005 Traffic; Load Factor Reaches 81.5%

Posted on: Friday, 9 September 2005, 12:00 CDT

Spirit Airlines reports August traffic. Last month, Spirit carried 409,609 passengers, 7.9% less than the same period last year. Spirit achieved an 81.5% load factor, which was 2.9 points lower than August 2004. Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) reached 384,579,000, 15.5% less than last August, and Available Seat Miles (ASMs) reached 472,050,000, 12.5% less than August last year.

"Customer demand for our service continues to be strong as evidenced by our load factor this past month," said Ben Baldanza, President and Chief Operating Officer of Spirit Airlines. "Bookings for the fall and winter continue to be strong as there has been a terrific response to Spirit's Caribbean expansion. We have new planes, new markets, and a great new attitude as the leading low cost carrier to the Caribbean." Spirit Airlines August 2005 Traffic Figures 2005 2004 August YTD August YTD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Passengers Carried 409,609 3,495,604 444,627 3,303,301 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RPMs (000) 384,579 3,327,334 455,205 3,412,901 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ASMs (000) 472,050 4,079,399 539,594 4,319,613 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Load Factor 81.5% 81.6% 84.4% 79.0% ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Change YTD Change Amount % Amount % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Passengers Carried (35,018) -7.9% 192,303 5.8% ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RPMs (000) (70,627) -15.5% (85,567) -2.5% ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ASMs (000) (67,544) -12.5% (240,214) -5.6% ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Load Factor (2.9) -3.4% 2.6 3.2% ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Table excludes charter activity.

About Spirit Airlines

Founded in 1990, Fort Lauderdale-based Spirit Airlines is the best-capitalized, low fare Caribbean carrier with hubs in Detroit and in Fort Lauderdale, the largest low fare connecting hub in Florida. Spirit brings low fares and friendly service to cities in the United States, Bahamas and the Caribbean with 125 daily flights.

In addition to comfortable Coach class service, Spirit offers Spirit Plus, a low cost business class with 2-by-2 leather seating with an extra 6 inches of legroom vs coach in the 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 16 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).

Source: Business Wire

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