ATA Reports July Scheduled Service Traffic

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 3, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- ATA Airlines, Inc., the principal subsidiary of ATA Holdings Corp. (Pink Sheets:ATAHQ), today reported that July scheduled service traffic decreased 46.1 percent from 2004 to 707.6 million RPMs (revenue passenger miles). Capacity decreased 44.5 percent compared to 2004 to 855.4 million ASMs (available seat miles). ATA's July scheduled service passenger load factor decreased 2.5 points to 82.7 percent. There were 548,810 passengers enplaned in July, a decrease of 46.7 percent.

As of July 31, 2005, ATA has a fleet of 22 Boeing 737-800s, 6 Boeing 757-200s, 10 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's15-times-every-weekday nonstop service between the New York area and Chicago-Midway. For more information, visit ata.com.



             ATA Airlines Jet Scheduled Service Statistics


      July                        2005            2004          Change
 Revenue Passenger Miles
  (RPMs) (000s)                 707,626       1,312,166        -46.1%
 Available Seat Miles
  (ASMs) (000s)                 855,384       1,540,313        -44.5%
 Load Factor                      82.7%           85.2%      -2.5 pts
 Passengers Enplaned            548,810       1,030,420        -46.7%
 Passenger Trip Length            1,289           1,273          1.3%


           Year-To-Date           2005            2004          Change
 Revenue Passenger Miles
  (RPMs) (000s)               4,246,389       7,698,306        -44.8%
 Available Seat Miles
  (ASMs) (000s)               6,231,593      10,479,502        -40.5%
 Load Factor                      68.1%           73.5%      -5.4 pts
 Passengers Enplaned          3,391,524       6,192,284        -45.2%
 Passenger Trip Length            1,252           1,243          0.7%


               ATA Airlines Charter Service Statistics
       July                       2005            2004          Change
 Revenue Passenger Miles
  (RPMs) (000s)                  169,287         168,075          0.7%
 Available Seat Miles
  (ASMs) (000s)                  262,621         328,557        -20.1%
 Passengers Enplaned              32,566          44,481        -26.8%


        Year-To-Date               2005            2004          Change
 Revenue Passenger Miles
  (RPMs) (000s)                1,218,894       1,055,894         15.4%
 Available Seat Miles
  (ASMs) (000s)                2,340,367       2,127,241         10.0%
 Passengers Enplaned             250,800         261,368         -4.0%

ATA Reports July Scheduled Service Traffic

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