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ATA Scheduled Service Traffic Climbs by 36 Percent; January Load Factor Up 2.2 Points.


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INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2003

ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE.

(2) See analog telephone adapter.

ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment
 (American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of  Trans Air, Inc.), the principal subsidiary of ATA Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq:ATAH ATAH Antenna Train Angle Horizontal (fighter aircraft targeting) ), today reported that ATA's January January: see month.  scheduled service traffic, measured in revenue passenger miles Revenue passenger miles (RPMs) is a measure of a passenger traffic for an airline flight, bus, or train calculated by multiplying the total number of revenue-paying passengers aboard the vehicle by the distance traveled measured in miles.  (RPMs), increased 35.9 percent on 31.3 percent more capacity, measured in available seat miles Available seat miles (ASM) is a measure of an airline flight's passenger carrying capacity. It is equal to the number of seats available multiplied by the number of miles flown. This measures an airlines capacity for transporting passengers.  (ASMs), compared to 2002. ATA's scheduled service January passenger load factor increased 2.2 points to 66.3 percent and passenger enplanements grew by 33.0 percent compared to 2002.

For the Company's system-wide traffic (RPMs) increased 26.8 percent in January on 29.9 percent more capacity (ASMs) when compared with 2002. The number of block hours In aviation, block hours is the time between an aircraft leaving from the departure gate and ariving at the destination gate.  flown system-wide increased by 38.5 percent during the first month of 2003 compared to last January.

ATA Holdings Corp. common stock trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market

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 under the symbol "ATAH". As of January 31, 2003, ATA has a fleet of 30 Boeing (language) BOEING - An early system on the IBM 1130.

[Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
 737-800's, 16 Boeing 757-200's, 10 Boeing 757-300's, and 10 Lockheed “Lockheed” redirects here. For the character in Marvel Comics, see Lockheed (comics).

For the current company, see .

Lockheed Corporation (originally Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company) was an American aerospace company originally founded in 1912
 L1011's. Chicago Express Chicago Express Airlines, Inc. (IATA: C8, ICAO: WDY, and Callsign: Windy City) was a regional airline formerly based at Chicago Midway International Airport located in Chicago, Illinois. It operated regional feeder services under the name ATA Connection.  Airlines, Inc., the wholly owned commuter airline based at Chicago-Midway Airport, operates 17 SAAB-340B's.

Now celebrating its 30th year of operation, ATA is the nation's 10th largest passenger carrier based A transmission system that generates a fixed frequency (carrier) to contain the data being transmitted. See carrier.  on revenue passenger miles. ATA operates significant scheduled service from Chicago-Midway and Indianapolis Indianapolis (ĭn'dēənă`pəlĭs), city (1990 pop. 731,327), state capital and seat of Marion co., central Ind., on the White River; selected 1820 as the site of the state capital (which was moved there in 1825), inc. 1847.  to over 40 business and vacation destinations. To learn more about the Company, visit the website at www.ata.com.

                             January 2003

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                                               2003     2002   Change
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Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) (000s)
 System-wide                               1,072,334   845,737  26.8%
  Scheduled Service - Jet                    849,445   626,908  35.5%
  Scheduled Service - Commuter                14,649     8,901  64.6%
 Scheduled Service Total                     864,094   635,809  35.9%
 Charter Service                             208,240   209,928  -0.8%
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                                               2003     2002   Change
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Available Seat Miles (ASMs) (000s)
 System-wide                               1,725,435 1,328,455  29.9%
  Scheduled Service - Jet                  1,276,100   976,245  30.7%
  Scheduled Service - Commuter                26,422    15,552  69.9%
 Scheduled Service Total                   1,302,522   991,797  31.3%
 Charter Service                             422,913   336,658  25.6%
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                                               2003     2002   Change
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Block Hours Flown
 System-wide                                  24,272    17,526  38.5%
  Scheduled Service - Jet                     16,308    11,538  41.3%
  Scheduled Service - Commuter                 4,288     2,718  57.8%
 Scheduled Service Total                      20,596    14,256  44.5%
 Charter Service                               3,676     3,270  12.4%
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                                               2003     2002   Change
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Passenger Load Factor
 Scheduled Service
  Passenger Load Factor -  Jet                66.6%     64.2%  2.4 pts
 Scheduled Service
  Passenger Load Factor -  Commuter           55.4%     57.2% -1.8 pts
 Scheduled Service
  Passenger Load Factor -  Total              66.3%     64.1%  2.2 pts
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                                               2003     2002   Change
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Other Statistics
System-wide Revenue Passengers Enplaned      842,788   684,812  23.1%
 Scheduled Service - Jet                     683,488   519,858  31.5%
 Scheduled Service - Commuter                 83,178    56,424  47.4%
 Scheduled Service Total                     766,666   576,282  33.0%
System-wide Average Passenger Trip Length      1,272     1,235   3.0%
 Scheduled Service - Jet                       1,243     1,206   3.1%
 Scheduled Service - Commuter                    176       158  11.4%
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