AirTran Airways Reports All-Time Record May Traffic

ORLANDO, Fla., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc., (NYSE: AAI), 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.

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