ATA Reports June Scheduled Service Traffic


INDIANAPOLIS, July 5, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- ATA Airlines, Inc., the principal subsidiary of ATA Holdings Corp. (Pink Sheets:ATAHQ), today reported that June scheduled service traffic decreased 48.4 percent from 2004 to 622.6 million RPMs (revenue passenger miles). Capacity decreased 45.7 percent compared to 2004 to 810.5 million ASMs (available seat miles). ATA's June scheduled service passenger load factor decreased 4.1 points to 76.8 percent. There were 493,432 passengers enplaned in June, a decrease of 48.9 percent.

As of June 30, 2005, ATA has a fleet of 22 Boeing 737-800s, 6 Boeing 757-200s, 12 Boeing 757-300s and five Lockheed L-1011s.

ATA Airlines, headquartered in Indianapolis, now in its 32nd year of operation, offers "easy" and affordable travel to major business centers and popular vacation destinations including New York, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Hawaii, Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean. Through direct and connecting Southwest Airlines codeshare flights, ATA now serves customers in more than 70 markets. From its major hub operation at Chicago's Midway Airport, the airline offers 15 nonstop flights to the New York area every business day. For more information, visit ata.com.



    ATA Airlines Jet Scheduled Service Statistics

        June                     2005         2004       Change
 Revenue Passenger
  Miles (RPMs) (000s)           622,611    1,207,645    -48.4%
 Available Seat
  Miles (ASMs) (000s)           810,525    1,492,048    -45.7%
 Load Factor                      76.8%        80.9%     -4.1 pts
 Passengers Enplaned            493,432      965,773    -48.9%
 Passenger Trip Length            1,262        1,250      1.0%


     Year-To-Date                2005         2004       Change
 Revenue Passenger
  Miles (RPMs) (000s)         3,538,764    6,386,140    -44.6%
 Available Seat
  Miles (ASMs) (000s)         5,376,209    8,939,189    -39.9%
 Load Factor                      65.8%        71.4%     -5.6 pts
 Passengers Enplaned          2,842,714    5,161,864    -44.9%
 Passenger Trip Length            1,245        1,237      0.6%


  ATA Airlines Charter
   Service Statistics

        June                     2005         2004       Change
 Revenue Passenger
  Miles (RPMs) (000s)           158,586      147,954      7.2%
 Available Seat
  Miles (ASMs) (000s)           307,715      284,812      8.0%
 Passengers Enplaned             32,100       35,863    -10.5%


     Year-To-Date                2005         2004       Change
 Revenue Passenger
  Miles (RPMs) (000s)         1,049,607      887,818     18.2%
 Available Seat
  Miles (ASMs) (000s)         2,077,745    1,798,684     15.5%
 Passengers Enplaned            218,234      216,887      0.6%


            

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