AirTran Airways Reports All-Time Record May Traffic

[funnyman12]

ORLANDO, Fla., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc., (NYSE: AAI - News), today reported record traffic for the month of May 2008. The airline reported that revenue passenger miles (RPMs), available seat miles (ASMs), enplaned passengers, and load factor represent new all-time company records for the month of May.
For May, traffic grew by 18.2 percent to more than 1.7 billion RPMs based on a 14.0 percent increase in capacity. The company's load factor for the month was 79.3 percent. The airline enplaned more than 2.2 million passengers for the month, a 6.0 percent increase from May 2007.


Well at least that is some good news. Hopefully the 2nd qtr is profitable as Wall Street expects.

 

[outtahere]

Well of course they did. They are consistantly $200- $300 cheaper than all other airlines, including Southwest. Matter of fact I bought my mother in law a ticket on them round trip from Jax to Rdu for $240 including ALL taxes and fees!!!!! The next cheapest fare was Southwest at $370!! That is a significant difference. This is not the way to make money in my opinion.

 

[PCL_128]

They are consistantly $200- $300 cheaper than all other airlines, including Southwest.

This is absolutely false.

 

[outtahere]

I have been doing alot of research lately for people wanting to fly, and trust me, it is not false. Look for yourself. They are always cheaper than Delta out of Atlanta by a wide margin, but also than Southwest on most competing routes.

 

[outtahere]

In this day and age of high oil, you need to raise your fares, you might want to send management that memo.

 

[Britpilot]

In this day and age of high oil, you need to raise your fares, you might want to send management that memo.

OK, thanks, got it. I'll let the boss know.

 

[PCL_128]

I have been doing alot of research lately for people wanting to fly, and trust me, it is not false. Look for yourself. They are always cheaper than Delta out of Atlanta by a wide margin, but also than Southwest on most competing routes.

I've done the research many times. You're simply incorrect. In many cases, our fares are higher than Delta. Usually the fares are identical. It's extremely rare that our fare is below DAL's.

 

[PCL_128]

In this day and age of high oil, you need to raise your fares, you might want to send management that memo.

Yes, I'm sure our management is interested in us passing along the theories of some RJ pilot on a message board.

 

[jehtplane]

Well of course they did. They are consistantly $200- $300 cheaper than all other airlines, including Southwest. Matter of fact I bought my mother in law a ticket on them round trip from Jax to Rdu for $240 including ALL taxes and fees!!!!! The next cheapest fare was Southwest at $370!! That is a significant difference. This is not the way to make money in my opinion.

How long ago did you put your resume in?

 

[gt1900]

You can bet AAI managment is doing everything they can to maximize revenue. Its supply and demand, and Id be willing to bet they know more about that then we do. They do a very good job of maximizing revenue. Just look at the fee they charge for securing a seat. Started out at about $2. Gradually increased to $7. When it hit $7 the revenue tumbled because people stoped picking their seat. AAI lowered the fair down to $6 and the revenue maximized. AAI has a plan, they try and charge the proper amount of money to fill up as many seats as possible to maximize the revenue. Remember, if you raise ticket prices too much people stop flying. There is a fine balance between charging too much and not enough. And that balance is differenct with every airline.