AirTran Traffic Rises
March sees a 24% jump in traffic and a 22% rise in capacity.
Low cost airline operator
AirTran Holdings
(AAI)
said March passenger traffic jumped 23.6% from a year ago.
AirTran's capacity during March rose 22.4% as measured by so-called available seat miles. The passenger load factor for the month was 78.1%, compared with 77.4% in March 2005.
The airline flew 1.78 million passengers in the month, a rise of 25.7% over previous year.
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