AirTran Airways Reports August Traffic

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), today reported traffic for the month of August.

                           AirTran Airways August 2009 Traffic
                                      (Preliminary)

                                    August 2009    August 2008      Change
                                    -----------    -----------      ------

    Revenue Passenger Miles (000)   1,846,137      1,965,544      -6.1 percent

    Available Seat Miles (000)      2,175,407      2,252,222      -3.4 percent

    Load Factor                     84.9 percent   87.3 percent   -2.4 points

    Passengers Enplaned             2,304,135      2,413,401      -4.5 percent


                                    Y-T-D 2009     Y-T-D 2008       Change
                                    ----------     ----------       ------

    Revenue Passenger Miles (000)   12,709,857     13,505,387     -5.9 percent

    Available Seat Miles (000)      15,721,861     16,793,515     -6.4 percent

    Load Factor                     80.8 percent   80.4 percent   0.4 points

    Passengers Enplaned             16,296,002     17,192,798     -5.2 percent

AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI) and a Fortune 1000 company, has been ranked the number one low cost carrier in the Airline Quality Rating study for the past two years. AirTran is the only major airline with Wi-Fi on every flight and offers coast-to-coast service on North America's newest all-Boeing fleet. Its low-cost, high-quality product also includes assigned seating, Business Class and complimentary XM Satellite Radio on every flight. To book a flight, visit www.airtran.com.

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