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AirTran Airways Reports All-Time Record June Traffic

ORLANDO, Fla., July 3 PRNewswire-FirstCall — AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), today reported record traffic for the month of June 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 June.

For June, traffic grew by 15.5 percent to more than 1.8 billion RPMs based on a 13.0 percent increase in capacity. The company's load factor for the month was 84.7 percent. The airline enplaned more than 2.3 million passengers for the month, a 4.2 percent increase from June 2007.

In the month of June, AirTran Airways began new service to San Antonio, Texas. AirTran Airways June 2008 Traffic (Preliminary) June 2008 June 2007 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 1,886,053 1,633,402 15.5 percent Available Seat Miles (000) 2,226,512 1,970,123 13.0 percent Load Factor 84.7 percent 82.9 percent 1.8 points Passengers Enplaned 2,339,430 2,245,712 4.2 percent 2Q 2008 2Q 2007 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 5,128,676 4,527,372 13.3 percent Available Seat Miles (000) 6,457,117 5,747,975 12.3 percent Load Factor 79.4 percent 78.8 percent 0.6 points Passengers Enplaned 6,533,427 6,323,023 3.3 percent Y-T-D 2008 Y-T-D 2007 Change Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 9,476,075 8,175,491 15.9 percent Available Seat Miles (000) 12,228,154 10,955,107 11.6 percent Load Factor 77.5 percent 74.6 percent 2.9 points Passengers Enplaned 12,251,746 11,403,131 7.4 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 57 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

SOURCE AirTran Airways

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