AirTran Airways' October 2002 Traffic Results Set Records.Business Editors/Travel & Airline Writers ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2002 AirTran Airways AirTran Airways is a low-cost airline that is a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Orlando, Florida, USA and is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings. AirTran operates over 750 daily flights throughout the eastern USA and the Midwest, including over 270 daily departures from , a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings AirTran Holdings (NYSE: AAI) is a Nevada corporation that operates as an airline holding company. Its primary asset is AirTran Airways. History After the large amount of negative publicity surrounding the Flight 592 incident, ValuJet Airlines suffered serious , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AAI AAI American Association of Immunologists. ), today reported traffic results for October 2002. Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) were 461,764,000, a 56.6 percent increase from October 2001, while 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) were 738,140,000, a 50.0 percent increase. Load factor was 62.6 percent in October 2002 compared to 59.9 percent in October 2001. AirTran Airways served 801,555 passengers in October, a 48.0 increase from October 2001. For the first 10 months of 2002, AirTran Airways served 7,946,141 passengers - a 13.7 percent increase over the same period of 2001. All categories are company records.
AIRTRAN AIRWAYS OCTOBER 2002 TRAFFIC
(Preliminary)
October 2002 October 2001 Change
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Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 461,764 294,823 56.6%
Available Seat Miles (000) 738,140 492,107 50.0%
Load Factor 62.6% 59.9% 2.7 points
Passengers Enplaned 801,555 541,637 48.0%
Y-T-D 2002 Y-T-D 2001 Change
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Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 4,573,411 3,784,553 20.8%
Available Seat Miles (000) 6,774,901 5,436,515 24.6%
Load Factor 67.5% 69.6% -2.1 points
Passengers Enplaned 7,946,141 6,990,971 13.7%
AirTran Airways provides affordable air travel with 398 flights a day to 40 cities throughout the eastern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The airline's hub is at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, the world's busiest airport World's busiest airport is a claim that is fiercely fought over by the owners of the world's largest airports. The definition of "busiest" is debated as well, with claims being staked on the basis of aircraft operations, cargo traffic or total passengers. (by passenger volume), where it is the second largest carrier operating 157 flights a day. AirTran Airways is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AAI). Unlike other airlines, AirTran Airways never requires a roundtrip purchase or Saturday night stay. The airline offers a Business Class any business can afford, all-assigned seating, a generous frequent flier program, and a corporate program called A2B A2B Anti-Two-Block A2B Administration-to-Broker A2B Administration to Business . For more information and reservations, visit airtran.com (America Online Keyword: AirTran), call your travel agent or AirTran Airways at 800-AIRTRAN (800-247-8726) or 770-994-8258 in Atlanta. For Spanish, call 877-581-9842. Certain flights may be operated by AirTran JetConnect, a service provided by Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp. West Palm Beach service begins Dec. 10, 2002. |
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