AirTran Airways Reports All-Time Record May Traffic

ORLANDO, Fla., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc., , today reported record traffic for the month of May 2008. The airline reported that revenue passenger miles (RPMs), available seat miles (ASMs), enplaned passengers, and load factor represent new all-time company records for the month of May.

For May, traffic grew by 18.2 percent to more than 1.7 billion RPMs based on a 14.0 percent increase in capacity. The company's load factor for the month was 79.3 percent. The airline enplaned more than 2.2 million passengers for the month, a 6.0 percent increase from May 2007.

In the month of May, AirTran Airways began new service to Burlington, Vt. Service to/from San Antonio, Texas, will begin on June 11.

AirTran Airways May 2008 Traffic (Preliminary) May 2008 May 2007 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 1,734,069 1,466,649 18.2 percent Available Seat Miles (000) 2,187,920 1,919,752 14.0 percent Load Factor 79.3 percent 76.4 percent 2.9 points Passengers Enplaned 2,205,732 2,080,281 6.0 percent Y-T-D 2008 Y-T-D 2007 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 7,590,023 6,542,088 16.0 percent Available Seat Miles (000) 10,001,642 8,984,983 11.3 percent Load Factor 75.9 percent 72.8 percent 3.1 points Passengers Enplaned 9,912,316 9,157,419 8.2 percent

AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc., a Fortune 1000 company, ranked number one in the 2008 Airline Quality Rating study. The airline offers more than 700 affordable, daily flights to 58 U.S. destinations, employs 8,900 friendly Crew Members and operates America's youngest all-Boeing fleet. AirTran Airways also provides XM Satellite Radio and Business Class seating on every flight. For more information and free online booking, visit http://www.airtran.com/.

Media Contacts: AirTran Airways Tad Hutcheson Judy Graham-Weaver Cynthia Tinsley-Douglas Quinnie Jenkins 678.254.7442