Spirit Airlines Reports December 2005 Traffic

Spirit Airlines reports December 2005 traffic. Spirit carried 376,989 passengers, 13.6% fewer than last December. Spirit achieved a 72.3% load factor, which achieved 3 points fewer than December 2004. Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) reached 344,685,000 and Available Seat Miles (ASMs) reached 476,812,000.

“2005 was a year of transition for Spirit as we converted half of our fleet to new, Airbus equipment,” said Ben Baldanza, president and chief operating officer of Spirit Airlines. “During this transition and especially this fall, we aggressively managed our schedule capacity to fly less and December was no exception. In December, we optimized revenue versus volume and I’m encouraged by our results. We are experiencing an excellent customer response to our peak winter travel season with our new service to the Caribbean. I look forward to this year with great optimism as our transition will be complete and we’ll be an all Airbus airline with an entirely fuel-efficient fleet.”

  Spirit Airlines December 2005 Traffic Figures                        2005                   2004                   Dec.      YTD          Dec.       YTD ———————————————————– Passengers  Carried       376,989   4,735,007    436,387    4,777,469 ———————————————————– RPM’s (000)    344,685   4,495,798    433,190    4,868,161 ———————————————————– ASM’s (000)    476,812   5,681,265    575,015    6,184,134 ———————————————————– Load Factor       72.3%       79.1%      75.3%        78.7% ———————————————————–                     Month Change             YTD Change                  Amount        %       Amount           % ———————————————————– Passengers  Carried       (59,398)      -13.6%   (42,462)         -.9% ———————————————————– RPM’s (000)    (88,506)      -20.4%  (372,363)        -7.6% ———————————————————– ASM’s (000)    (98,203)      -17.1%  (502,869)        -8.1% ———————————————————– Load Factor       (3.0)       -4.0%       0.4           .5% ———————————————————–  Table excludes charter activity.  

About Spirit Airlines

Fort Lauderdale-based Spirit Airlines is the best-capitalized, low fare carrier to the Caribbean with hubs in Detroit and in Fort Lauderdale and service to 28 cities in the United States, Bahamas, and the Caribbean.

In addition to comfortable Coach class service, Spirit offers Spirit Plus business class with 2-by-2 leather seats with an extra 6 inches of legroom vs coach in the new Airbus fleet, complimentary cocktails and snacks.

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