AirTran Airways Reports Another Record Month - 25 Consecutive Months of Year-Over-Year Load Factor Improvement -.Business & Travel Editors ORLANDO Orlando, city, United States Orlando (ôrlăn`dō), city (1990 pop. 164,693), seat of Orange co., central Fla., in a lake region; inc. 1875. In a citrus fruit and farm area, it is one of the world's most visited vacation spots. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2000 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 today reported record traffic for the month of April and the airline's 25th consecutive month of year-over-year load factor improvement. Traffic grew by 4.9 percent in April 2000 versus April 1999, on 2.8 percent more capacity. The airline's load factor was 69.1 percent for the month of April, up 1.3 points from a year ago. Both passenger traffic and load factor are all-time company records for the month of April. "We are pleased to announce our 25th consecutive month of increased passenger load factor," said Robert Fornaro, AirTran Airways' president and chief financial officer. "April is typically a good month for AirTran Airways, and again in 2000, load factor improvement combined with increased yield resulted in very strong unit revenue growth," Fornaro said.
AIRTRAN AIRWAYS APRIL 2000 TRAFFIC
(Preliminary)
April 2000 April 1999 Change
Available Seat Miles (000) 480,171 467,049 2.8%
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 331,882 316,521 4.9%
Load Factor 69.1% 67.8% 1.3 pts.
Passengers Enplaned 608,363 590,667 3.0%
Y-T-D 2000 Y-T-D 1999 Change
Available Seat Miles (000) 1,818,223 1,802,960 0.8%
Revenue Passenger Miles (000) 1,187,278 1,127,611 5.3%
Load Factor 65.3% 62.5% 2.8 pts.
Passengers Enplaned 2,199,746 2,090,253 5.2%
Systemwide, AirTran Airways operates 280 daily departures to 30 cities. Offering the convenience of easy, same concourse connections in Atlanta, AirTran Airways operates 131 daily departures from 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. . AirTran Airways provides everyday, affordable air travel 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. , and unlike other airlines, never requires a roundtrip round·trip or round-trip also round trip n. A trip from one place to another and back, usually over the same route. purchase or Saturday night stay. AirTran Airways is the launch customer for the Boeing 717, today's newest, most innovative commercial aircraft. AirTran Airways is 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. (Nasdaq:AAIR AAIR Asthma and Allergy Information and Research AAIR Army Accident Investigation and Reporting AAIR Asynchronous Adaptive Incremental Redundancy AAIR AI Language Research Institute ). For more information and reservations, visit AirTran Airways' website at www.airtran.com, call your travel agent or call AirTran Airways at 800-AIRTRAN (800-247-8726) or 770-994-8258 (in Atlanta). Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : The company's revenue figures are released quarterly. Statements regarding the Company's preliminary traffic data, future passenger growth, yield improvement and revenue are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. and are not historical facts. Instead, they are estimates or projections involving numerous risks or uncertainties, including but not limited to, consumer demand and acceptance of services offered by the Company, the Company's ability to maintain current cost levels, fare levels and actions by competitors, regulatory matters and general economic conditions. The Company disclaims any obligation to update or correct any of its forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in the company's SEC filings, including but not limited to the company's report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 1999. Copies of this filing may be obtained by contacting the Company or the SEC. |
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