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Spirit Airlines Reports November 2005 Traffic

Posted on: Thursday, 8 December 2005, 15:00 CST

Spirit Airlines reports November 2005 traffic. Spirit carried 314,633 passengers, 21.2% fewer than last November. Spirit achieved a 71.2% load factor, which was 7.1 points fewer than November 2004. Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) reached 295,889,000 and Available Seat Miles (ASMs) reached 415,390,000.

"Throughout the fall, we aggressively managed our schedule capacity to fly less and November was no exception. In November, we optimized revenue versus volume and our financial results have met expectations," said Ben Baldanza, president and chief operating officer of Spirit Airlines. "I'm encouraged by our results as they reflect a successful strategy that will take us through the current environment especially as we complete our transition to an all new Airbus fleet." Spirit Airlines November 2005 Traffic Figures 2005 2004 Nov. YTD Nov. YTD ------------------------------------------------------ Passengers Carried 314,633 4,358,018 399,059 4,341,082 ------------------------------------------------------ RPM's (000) 295,889 4,151,113 391,708 4,434,971 ------------------------------------------------------ ASM's (000) 415,390 5,204,453 500,156 5,609,119 ------------------------------------------------------ Load Factor 71.2% 79.8% 78.3% 79.1% ------------------------------------------------------ Month Change YTD Change Amount % Amount % ------------------------------------------------------ Passengers Carried (84,426) -21.2% 16,936 .4% ------------------------------------------------------ RPM's (000) (95,819) -24.5% (283,858) -6.4% ------------------------------------------------------ ASM's (000) (84,766) -16.9% (404,666) -7.2% ------------------------------------------------------ Load Factor (7.1) -9.0% 0.7 .9% ------------------------------------------------------ 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 9 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).

Source: Business Wire

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