AirTran Airways Selects Bud Select

- Select Becomes Fourth Anheuser-Busch Product on Low-Fare Airline -

    ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 22 /-/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), today announced that it will serve Budweiser Select on all its flights effective immediately. Budweiser Select joins fellow Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD) products Budweiser, Bud Light and Michelob Ultra already served on AirTran Airways flights.

    "Our passengers have expressed a clear preference for Budweiser Select and we're pleased to add it to our list of inflight beverage choices," said Tad Hutcheson, AirTran Airways' vice president for marketing and sales. "Our experience has shown us that great beers and unbeatable, low fares just seem to go well together."

    "We are pleased that AirTran Airways' savvy consumers will have a chance to step up to the uncompromised taste of Budweiser Select," said Dan Shannon, brand director for Budweiser Select. "We're excited to begin catering to the adult beer drinkers on AirTran Airways flights who enjoy Budweiser Select's unique combination of full-bodied flavor and light beer statistics."

    AirTran Airways and Anheuser-Busch have a strong relationship. When AirTran Airways launched service from St. Louis on May 8th, 2007, the airline celebrated by boarding Budweiser and Bud Light beer born on the same date, May 8th -- a first for an airline.

    AirTran Airways, a Fortune 1000 company, offers more than 700 affordable, daily flights to 56 U.S. destinations. With 8,900 friendly Crew Members and America's youngest all-Boeing fleet, AirTran Airways provides XM Satellite Radio and Business Class seating on every flight. For more information and free online booking, visit http://www.airtran.com.

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