AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), today reported record traffic for the month of February 2006. Revenue passenger miles, load factor, enplaned passengers, and available seat miles represent records for the month.
AirTran Airways' traffic, measured by revenue passenger miles (RPMs), grew by 25.9 percent, to more than 930 million RPMs, on an increase of 22.6 percent in capacity, based on available seat miles (ASMs). The airline enplaned 1,363,145 passengers in the month of February, which is a 27.0 percent increase over February 2005 and a record for the month.
"We are proud to be setting a record February load factor with more than 22 percent growth in capacity," said Robert L. Fornaro, AirTran Airways' president and chief operating officer.
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AirTran Airways' traffic, measured by revenue passenger miles (RPMs), grew by 25.9 percent, to more than 930 million RPMs, on an increase of 22.6 percent in capacity, based on available seat miles (ASMs). The airline enplaned 1,363,145 passengers in the month of February, which is a 27.0 percent increase over February 2005 and a record for the month.
"We are proud to be setting a record February load factor with more than 22 percent growth in capacity," said Robert L. Fornaro, AirTran Airways' president and chief operating officer.
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AirTran Airways February 2006 Traffic
(Preliminary)
February 2006 February 2005 Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 930,515 739,233 25.9%
Available Seat Miles (000) 1,328,967 1,083,602 22.6%
Load Factor 70.0% 68.2% 1.8 points
Passengers Enplaned 1,363,145 1,072,994 27.0%
Y-T-D 2006 Y-T-D 2005 Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 1,852,767 1,472,761 25.8%
Available Seat Miles (000) 2,775,498 2,211,011 25.5%
Load Factor 66.8% 66.6% 0.2 points
Passengers Enplaned 2,710,660 2,144,290 26.4%PR Newswire
