Airtran Airways

AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of Southwest Airlines, announced that the carrier is officially kicking off brand new international service from several markets including San Antonio, Austin,  

DALLAS, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV), announced today that the carrier is officially kicking off brand new international service from several markets including San Antonio, Austin, Orange County, Calif., and Chicago...  

Southwest Airlines has made its information technology infrastructure top priority to support the transition of subsidiary AirTran Airways' international flying to the parent airline from around two years' time. And Southwest candidly admits the ...  

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lineshas agreed to lease 88 Boeing 717 aircraft currently in use by Southwest Airlines' subsidiary AirTran Airways, but the deal is contingent upon Delta pilots ratifying a labor agreement.  

Southwest Airlines Co. passengers will soon be able to fly beyond the border. The domestic airline giant is breaking into the international market for the first time following its acquisition of AirTran Airways, according to USA Today. Southwest (NYSE: LUV), which flies out of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, is taking over AirTran’s flights to the Caribbean and Mexico. The move will include the company changing its reservation...  

Southwest Airlines, one of the top 3 carriers at Denver International Airport and the largest airline for domestic flights nationwide, will begin offering international flights. USA Today reports that now that Dallas-based Southwest's acquisition of AirTran Airways is complete, Southwest will pick up AirTran's flights to Mexico and the Caribbean. It will also get a new reservations system to accommodate the overseas bookings. Offering...  

View full sizeCourtesy PhotoFlint Bishop Airport honors AirTran Airways with a double fire engine, water-cannon salute on Tuesday to recognize the airline for 15 years of commitment to the Flint airport.FLINT, MI -- Bishop International Airport Director Jim Rice remembers...  

DALLAS, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Airlines (LUV) confirmed today that the airline, together with its subsidiary, AirTran Airways, Inc., has reached a tentative agreement with Delta Air Lines, Inc., and Boeing Capital Corp., to ...  

Delta Air Lines is adding a new plane to its fleet, taking the Boeing 717s that Southwest Airlines got when it bought AirTran Airways. Southwest Airlines wanted someone to take the jets.  

The Dallas-based carrier received the Boeing 717 planes as part of its acquisition of AirTran Airways and has been looking at alternatives for the aircraft type. The agreement would transition the 717s over three years starting in the second ...  

Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways are letting customers move frequent-flier credits from one airline’s program to the other, opening up new possibilities for free flights. The conversion program allows customers to consolidate frequent ...  

For the third year in a row, Delta Air Lines Inc. pulled in more baggage fee revenue than any other U.S. airline, while Milwaukee's busiest carrier, AirTran Airways, ranked sixth, according to data released Thursday by The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL), which posted an annual profit of $854 million last year, also generated $863.6 million in baggage fees, BTS data show...  

AirTran Airways -- now a subsidiary of Southwest Airlines -- last month launched new service between Denver International Airport and Cancun. It's AirTran's first international flight out of Denver. The flights will depart daily now through July 7, then operate Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday from July 8 through Aug. 12. Flights will then be trimmed to Saturday and Sunday only through November....Read Full Post  

AirTran Airways on Tuesday celebrated its 10-year anniversary at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. The low-fare carrier’s ceremonial first flight into Wichita was celebrated by former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole and others on May, 8, 2002. A decade later, its presence in the market has paved the way for the airport’s next big entrant, Southwest Airlines, which bought AirTran in 2010 and plans to shift operations in Wichita to Southwest by 2013. AirTran...