8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT Pursuant
                          to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) January 10, 2005

                               ATA Holdings Corp.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                     Indiana
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

            000-21642                                   35-1617970
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    (Commission File Number)                 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

           7337 West Washington Street
              Indianapolis, Indiana                                 46231
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    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                     (Zip Code)

                                 (317) 247-4000
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal  Officers;  Election of Directors;
     Appointment of Principal Officers.

     On January 10, 2005 ATA Holdings Corp.  (the "Company")  appointed  Gilbert
Viets as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Viets had
previously  served in the same  capacities with the Company from June 2004 until
October 2004.

     Mr.  Viets served as Chief  Restructuring  Officer  since  October 2004 and
prior to that served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial  Officer of
the Company from June 2004 to October  2004. He is a director of the Company and
served as Chairman of the Audit  Committee  from May 2003 to June 2004. He was a
clinical professor in the Systems and Accounting Program of the Kelley School of
Business at Indiana University,  Bloomington,  Indiana, from August 2002 to July
2004. Mr. Viets, a Certified Public Accountant, was with Arthur Andersen LLP for
35 years before  retiring in 2000.  He graduated  from  Washburn  University  of
Topeka, Kansas. He has been active in numerous civic organizations and presently
serves on the finance  committees of St. Vincent Hospital and Healthcare Center,
Inc. and St. Vincent Health, both located in Indianapolis, Indiana.

     On January 14, 2005,  the Company  issued a press release  relating to this
and other management  changes. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01         Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         (c)      Exhibits

                  99       Press Release, dated January 14, 2005.



                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                    Dated:  January 14, 2005

                    ATA HOLDINGS CORP.



                    By:          /s/  Brian T. Hunt
                    Name:    Brian T. Hunt,
                    Title: Vice President and General Counsel



                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


         Exhibit No.                Description

         99                         Press Release, dated January 14, 2005.

EX-99

Media Contacts:
Erica Keane or Laura Novak
(212) 885-0322 / (212) 885-0331 Erica.Keane@HillandKnowlton.com
Laura.Novak@HillandKnowlton.com

Investor Relations Contact:
Roxanne Butler, Investor Relations Specialist
(317) 282-2659
investor.relations@iflyata.com
                                                          For Immediate Release


                 ATA Holdings Fills Chief Financial Officer and
                        Other Senior Management Positions


INDIANAPOLIS,  January 14, 2005--ATA Holdings Corp. (ATAHQ) announced today that
it has named  Gilbert F. Viets to the position of Executive  Vice  President and
Chief  Financial  Officer (CFO).  Viets had served as ATA's Chief  Restructuring
Officer and replaces  David Wing,  who left ATA to pursue  other  opportunities.
Viets  led  the  preparations  for  ATA's  Chapter  11  filing,  and  has  since
coordinated the Company's  reorganization  efforts. Viets' responsibilities will
include ATA's  restructuring,  finance,  accounting,  treasury,  internal audit,
strategic planning and information services areas.

Viets first served as Executive  Vice President and CFO of the Company from June
2004 to October 2004 until he was  appointed  Chief  Restructuring  Officer from
October  2004 to January  2005.  He is a director  of the  Company and served as
Chairman  of the  Audit  Committee  from  May 2003 to June  2004.  He was also a
clinical professor in the Systems and Accounting Program of the Kelley School of
Business at Indiana University,  Bloomington, Indiana. Viets, a Certified Public
Accountant,  was with Arthur  Andersen LLP for 35 years before retiring in 2000.
He graduated from Washburn University of Topeka in Kansas. He has been active in
numerous civic  organizations and presently serves on the finance  committees of
St. Vincent Hospital and Healthcare  Center,  Inc. and St. Vincent Health,  both
located in Indianapolis.

Other Management Announcements at ATA Holdings Corp.:

Sean G. Frick,  named Vice  President  of Strategic  Planning in 2004,  will add
duties as ATA's  Chief  Restructuring  Officer  and will  continue  to report to
Viets. Frick, who joined ATA in 1997, had been Director of Strategic Planning.

Richard W. Meyer,  Jr., has been  promoted to Senior Vice  President of Employee
Relations.  Meyer,  who joined  ATA in 1989,  had been Vice  President  of Labor
Relations.  Meyer's new position  combines the functions of human  resources and
labor relations for all of ATA's work groups.

Brian T. Hunt, Vice President and General  Counsel,  has been promoted to Senior
Vice President and General Counsel.  Hunt, who joined ATA in 1990, is also ATA's
Corporate Secretary.

Wisty B. Malone,  named Vice President and  Controller in 2003,  will now assume
additional  responsibility as ATA's Treasurer.  Malone,  who joined ATA in 1995,
had previously been Director of Financial Reporting.


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