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ATA Airlines Reports Rise in Load Factor to 95.4% for July
Scheduled Service Traffic up 3.4 Points

ATA Airlines, Inc. today reported that
scheduled service passenger load factor increased 3.4 points to 95.4% in
July. There were 305,011 passengers enplaned in July, an increase of
21.8% above the 250,462 passengers enplaned for the same period last year.
Scheduled service traffic increased 36.1% to 556.3 million RPMs (Revenue
Passenger Miles) compared with 408.9 million RPMs in July 2006. Capacity
increased 31.1% to 583.1 million ASMs (Available Seat Miles) as compared
with 444.6 ASMs observed for the same period in 2006.
As of July 31, 2007, ATA has a fleet of two Boeing 737-300s, twelve Boeing
737-800s, six Boeing 757-200s, four Boeing 757-300s, three Lockheed
L-1011s, and two McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s.
In its 34th year of operations, ATA, a subsidiary of Global Aero Logistics,
Inc., offers affordable scheduled service travel to and from destinations
such as Guadalajara, Cancun, Hawaii, Oakland, Chicago, New York, Dallas/Ft.
Worth and Washington, DC. Through connecting Southwest Airlines codeshare
flights, ATA now serves customers in more than 60 markets. For more
information, visit www.ata.com.
ATA Airlines Scheduled Service Statistics
July 2007 2006 Change
Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) (000s) 556,332 408,899 36.1%
Available Seat Miles (ASMs) (000s) 583,141 444,641 31.1%
Load Factor 95.4% 92.0% 3.4 pts
Passengers Enplaned 305,011 250,462 21.8%
Passenger Trip Length 1,824 1,633 11.7%
Year-To-Date
Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) (000s) 2,643,036 2,358,723 12.1%
Available Seat Miles (ASMs) (000s) 3,065,060 2,963,534 3.4%
Load Factor 86.2% 79.6% 6.6 pts
Passengers Enplaned 1,579,157 1,572,627 0.4%
Passenger Trip Length 1,674 1,500 11.6%
ATA Airlines Charter Service Statistics
July
Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) (000s) 121,340 144,568 -16.1%
Available Seat Miles (ASMs) (000s) 248,589 260,697 -4.6%
Passengers Enplaned 38,387 30,075 27.6%
Year-To-Date
Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs) (000s) 873,032 922,283 -5.3%
Available Seat Miles (ASMs) (000s) 1,726,378 1,810,944 -4.7%
Passengers Enplaned 231,352 200,330 15.5%
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