2008 Traffic Increases by 9.6 Percent
AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AAI) , today reported setting new December records for traffic, load factor and total passengers and annual records in 2008 for traffic, capacity, load factor and total passengers.
For December, AirTran Airways traffic increased 2.3 percent to more than 1.4 billion RPMs and load factor climbed 7.1 percentage points to 79.8 percent. The number of enplaned passengers jumped 0.6 percent to over 1.9 million.
For the fourth quarter, load factor climbed 3.4 percentage points to 78.7 percent.
For 2008, traffic increased 9.6 percent to more than 18.9 billion RPMs on a 4.9 percent rise in capacity, and load factor climbed 3.4 percentage points to 79.6 percent. The number of enplaned passengers jumped 3.5 percent to 24.6 million.
AirTran Airways December 2008 Traffic
(Preliminary)
December 2008 December 2007 Change
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Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 1,456,396 1,423,870 2.3%
Available Seat Miles (000) 1,825,229 1,959,661 -6.9%
Load Factor 79.8% 72.7% 7.1 points
Passengers Enplaned 1,945,868 1,933,340 0.6%
4Q 2008 4Q 2007 Change
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Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 4,218,819 4,313,551 -2.2%
Available Seat Miles (000) 5,359,177 5,732,017 -6.5%
Load Factor 78.7% 75.3% 3.4 points
Passengers Enplaned 5,754,446 5,934,141 -3.0%
Y-T-D 2008 Y-T-D 2007 Change
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Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 18,955,843 17,297,724 9.6%
Available Seat Miles (000) 23,809,190 22,692,355 4.9%
Load Factor 79.6% 76.2% 3.4 points
Passengers Enplaned 24,619,120 23,780,058 3.5%
