AirTran Airways Reports Record March Traffic.

Business Editors/Travel Writers

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2004

AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AAI), today reported its highest passenger traffic, available seat miles (ASMs) and passengers enplaned in the company's history.

AirTran Airways' traffic, measured by revenue passenger miles (RPMs), grew by 23.7 percent, to nearly 750 million RPMs, on an increase of 19.7 percent in capacity, based on available seat miles (ASMs). March's load factor, also a record high for the month of March, reached 75.7 percent, compared to 73.3 percent in March 2003. The airline enplaned 1,153,583 passengers in the month of March, a 16.6 percent increase over March 2003, and a record for the month of March, as well as a company record.

                  AirTran Airways March 2004 Traffic
                             (Preliminary)

                             March 2004   March 2003    Change
Revenue Passenger
 Miles (000)                   749,865      606,117     23.7%

Available Seat Miles (000)     989,927     826,957      19.7%

Load Factor                       75.7%        73.3%    2.4 points

Passengers Enplaned          1,153,583      989,104     16.6%


                            Y-T-D 2004    Y-T-D 2003    Change
Revenue Passenger
 Miles (000)                 1,918,537    1,567,412     22.4%

Available Seat Miles (000)   2,798,779    2,311,961     21.1%

Load Factor                       68.5%        67.8%    0.7 points

Passengers Enplaned          2,977,085    2,560,160     16.3%

AirTran Airways is one of America's largest low-fare airlines - employing more than 5,600 professional Crew Members and operating 531 flights a day to 45 destinations. The airline's hub is at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world's busiest airport by passenger volume, where it is the second largest carrier operating 197 flights per day. AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings (NYSE:AAI), is the world's largest operator of the Boeing 717 and has the youngest all-Boeing fleet of any airline. In 2004, the airline will begin taking delivery of new Boeing 737-700s. For reservations or more information, visit http://airtran.com (America Online Keyword: AirTran).

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