Spirit Airlines Reports October 2005 Traffic

Spirit Airlines reports October 2005 traffic. Spirit carried 279,468 passengers, 20% fewer than last October. Spirit achieved a 76.5% load factor, which was 4.2 points lower than October 2004. Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) reached 267,842,000 and Available Seat Miles (ASMs) reached 350,341,000.

“We aggressively managed our fall schedule capacity to fly less in October. The reductions were made through a strategy to optimize revenue versus volume and our results have met expectations,” said Ben Baldanza, president and chief operating officer of Spirit Airlines. “Our expedited fleet transition to new fuel-efficient Airbus aircraft continues to move forward and we are currently flying 14 Airbus aircraft with 2 more deliveries expected before the end of the year. Future bookings are robust including our new Caribbean markets. I’m encouraged by our results as they reflect a successful strategy that will take us through this challenging environment.”

  Spirit Airlines October 2005 Traffic Figures                     2005                    2004                    Oct.       YTD          Oct.      YTD ———-      ———- ———-   ——–  ———- Passengers  Carried          279,468  4,043,385    349,420   3,942,023 ———-      ———- ———-   ——–  ———- RPM’s (000)             267,842  3,855,224    341,127   4,043,262 ———-      ———- ———-   ——–  ———- ASM’s (000)             350,341  4,789,063    422,916   5,108,963 ———-      ———- ———-   ——–  ———- Load  Factor              76.5%      80.5%      80.7%       79.1% ———-      ———- ———-   ——–  ———-                     Month Change               YTD Change                    Amount        %       Amount         % ———-      ———- ———-   ——–  ———- Passengers  Carried          (69,952)     -20.0%   101,362         2.6% ———-      ———- ———-   ——–  ———- RPM’s (000)             (73,286)     -21.5%  (188,039)       -4.7% ———-      ———- ———-   ——–  ———- ASM’s (000)             (72,575)     -17.2%  (319,900)       -6.3% ———-      ———- ———-   ——–  ———- Load  Factor              (4.2)      -5.2%       1.4         1.7% ———-      ———- ———-   ——–  ———-  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 8 A319, 6 A321, and 17 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).