EXHIBIT
31.2





CERTIFICATION





I,
Arne G. Haak, certify that:





(1) I
have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
2008 of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”);





(2) Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the period covered by this report;





(3) Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report;





(4) The
Company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and we
have:





(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that
material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared;





(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles;





(c) Evaluated
the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
report based on such evaluation; and





(d) Disclosed
in this report any change in the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter (the
Company’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting; and





(5) The
Company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s
auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):





(a) All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report
financial data information; and





(b) Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial
reporting.




/s/
      Arne G. HaakAirTran
      Holdings, Inc.Senior
      Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial
      OfficerAugust 8,
      2008