ATA Reports September Scheduled Service Traffic


INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 6, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- ATA Airlines, Inc., the principal subsidiary of ATA Holdings Corp. (ATAHQ), today reported that September scheduled service traffic decreased 44.6 percent from 2004 to 477.4 million RPMs (revenue passenger miles). Capacity decreased 44.8 percent compared to 2004 to 672.9 million ASMs (available seat miles). ATA's September scheduled service passenger load factor increased 0.2 points to 70.9 percent. There were 393,345 passengers enplaned in September, a decrease of 42.8 percent.

As of September 30, 2005, ATA has a fleet of 20 Boeing 737-800s, six Boeing 757-200s, nine Boeing 757-300s and five Lockheed L-1011s. ATA Airlines, now in its 32nd year of operation, offers "easy" and affordable travel to major business centers and popular vacation destinations like New York, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Boston, Hawaii, Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean. Through direct ATA flights and connecting Southwest Airlines codeshare flights ATA now serves customers in more than 75 destinations. Try ATA's daily nonstop service between the New York area and Chicago-Midway. For more information, visit ata.com


             ATA Airlines Jet Scheduled Service Statistics

      September                  2005            2004         Change

 Revenue Passenger
  Miles (RPMs) (000s)           477,356         862,352        -44.6%
 Available Seat
  Miles (ASMs) (000s)           672,864       1,220,001        -44.8%
 Load Factor                       70.9%           70.7%       0.2 pts
 Passengers Enplaned            393,345         687,287        -42.8%
 Passenger Trip Length            1,214           1,255         -3.3%


      Year-To-Date               2005            2004          Change

 Revenue Passenger
  Miles (RPMs) (000s)         5,398,408       9,786,828        -44.8%
 Available Seat
  Miles (ASMs) (000s)         7,736,060      13,248,193        -41.6%
 Load Factor                       69.8%           73.9%      -4.1 pts
 Passengers Enplaned          4,311,563       7,846,054        -45.0%
 Passenger Trip Length            1,252           1,247          0.4%


                ATA Airlines Charter Service Statistics

      September                  2005            2004          Change

 Revenue Passenger
  Miles (RPMs) (000s)           186,064         196,895         -5.5%
 Available Seat
  Miles (ASMs) (000s)           328,471         355,719         -7.7%
 Passengers Enplaned             29,829          40,492        -26.3%


      Year-To-Date               2005            2004          Change

 Revenue Passenger
  Miles (RPMs) (000s)         1,579,136       1,447,177          9.1%
 Available Seat
  Miles (ASMs) (000s)         2,970,146       2,820,363          5.3%
 Passengers Enplaned            309,763         343,708         -9.9%


            

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