AirTran Airways broke all of their internal records with a 33 percent jump in travel in 2005. The traffice increase is a factor of new jets, low prices, and increasing their network across the East Coast.

AirTran reported traffic in 2005, measured by revenue passenger miles (RPMs), increased 33.3 percent over 2004 on a 28.3 percent increase in capacity. The airline served 16,638,214 passengers during 2005 — a 26.3 percent increase year-over-year.
“The AirTran brand continues to demonstrate strength as we expand our network and fleet,” said Robert Fornaro, AirTran president and chief operating officer. “Our unit revenue performance is strong and we look forward to carrying these positive trends into 2006 as the industry capacity rationalizes, particularly along the East Coast.”  bizjournals.com.