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AirTran Holdings Inc. is the parent company of AirTran Airways, a commercial airline based in Orlando, Fla. AirTran is a low-cost carrier that operates more than 700 flights a day to more than 50 cities, with a route network centered around its hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. AirTran operates a fleet of about 140 jets, all of which are Boeing 717s or Boeing 737s. It made more than $1.8 billion in gross revenue in 2006. AirTran is currently the third-busiest carrier at Orlando International Airport.
The company was founded in 1992 as ValuJet Airlines and nearly collapsed following the May 11, 1996 crash of ValuJet Flight 592 in the Florida Everglades, which k...
The company was founded in 1992 as ValuJet Airlines and nearly collapsed following the May 11, 1996 crash of ValuJet Flight 592 in the Florida Everglades, which k...
AirTran Holdings Inc. is the parent company of AirTran Airways, a commercial airline based in Orlando, Fla. AirTran is a low-cost carrier that operates more than 700 flights a day to more than 50 cities, with a route network centered around its hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. AirTran operates a fleet of about 140 jets, all of which are Boeing 717s or Boeing 737s. It made more than $1.8 billion in gross revenue in 2006. AirTran is currently the third-busiest carrier at Orlando International Airport.
The company was founded in 1992 as ValuJet Airlines and nearly collapsed following the May 11, 1996 crash of ValuJet Flight 592 in the Florida Everglades, which killed all 110 people onboard. On July 10, 1997, ValuJet acquired Orlando-based AirTran Airways and subsequently assumed the smaller company's name.
AirTran's chairman is Joe Leonard, and its chief executive officer is Bob Fornaro. It is a publicly held company and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AAI.
The company was founded in 1992 as ValuJet Airlines and nearly collapsed following the May 11, 1996 crash of ValuJet Flight 592 in the Florida Everglades, which killed all 110 people onboard. On July 10, 1997, ValuJet acquired Orlando-based AirTran Airways and subsequently assumed the smaller company's name.
AirTran's chairman is Joe Leonard, and its chief executive officer is Bob Fornaro. It is a publicly held company and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AAI.
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Celebration marred by turnover
The poor NHL. Even when the league ties a hard-rocking outfit to its opening games, some kind of glitch happens. As part of the champion Detroit Red Wings' first game, the NHL set up to televise a piece of a Def Leppard concert, also happening in Detroit...Tags: Detroit Red Wings, Dallas Cowboys, Game Playing, Salvation Army, Steve McNair
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Holiday airfares in Orlando are taking off
Sentinel Staff WriterCentral Floridians planning to fly this holiday season will pay more than they did last year, as airlines' reduced flight schedules drive airfares higher. An analysis by the travel-consulting company Harrell Associates found that Orlando fares are up...Tags: Orlando, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation Accidents, Petroleum Industry, Marketing
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Nature Trips Offered As Sweepstakes Prizes
A tour company is offering a sweepstakes offering a chance to win a series of once-in-a-lifetime wildlife expeditions to Antarctica, the Falklands, Tanzania, the Galapagos, the Amazon and Machu Picchu and the polar-bear country of Manitoba, Canada....Tags: Halloween, Nature, Public Holidays, Burlington, Columbus
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Fancy crab cakes with an interesting twist
Dining@LargeI recently got an e-mail from the managing editor of Go, which is AirTran Airway's inflight mag. She wanted me to help make up a list of five restaurants in Baltimore that offer 'fancy crab cakes that put an interesting twist on this local dish.'I didn't.... -
Casey Anthony's lawyer gains access to evidence, tips on Caylee
Sentinel Staff WritersFor weeks, suspicions have mounted about a dead body in Casey Anthony's car. Now, prosecutors must turn over details about the traces of chloroform, hair strands and air samples that suggest Anthony's Pontiac once held a decomposing body. A judge Friday...Tags: Lawyers, Casey Anthony, Jennifer Kesse, Orange County Sheriff's Office, Orlando International Airport
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Casey Anthony's lawyer has raft of requests for circuit judge
Sentinel Staff WriterCasey Anthony followed by reporters and photographers -- is expected to appear in Orange County court this morning as a judge hears nearly a dozen legal requests in the single mother's high-profile case. Her attorney, Jose Baez, will ask Orange Circuit...Tags: Casey Anthony, Orange County Sheriff's Office, Court Administration, Murder, Political Systems
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A look at airlines' August on-time performance
The following are the rankings of 19 airlines' on-time performance in August, according to data provided by the Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Carrier On-Time Arrival Pct. Hawaiian 92.26 Pinnacle 89.64 Skywest 85....Tags: JetBlue
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Casey Anthony allowed to attend court Friday
Sentinel Staff WritersTODAY'S UPDATES: Casey Anthony allowed to attend court Friday 4 p.m.: Casey Anthony's home confinement schedule has been modified to allow her to attend court Friday, an Orange County Corrections spokesman just said. She will be allowed out of her...Tags: Casey Anthony, Prosecution, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Court Administration, Commuting
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Report Faults FAA On Monitoring Of Aircraft Maintenance
Associated PressNine major U.S. airlines are farming out aircraft maintenance at twice the rate of four years ago and now hire outside contractors for more than 70 percent of major work, the government says. Contractors overseas handled one-quarter of the outsourced...Tags: Southwest Airlines Company, U.S. Airways Group Incorporated, Continental Airlines Incorporated, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation Accidents
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Slump slows AirTran traffic
Sentinel Staff WriterThe combination of flight cuts and a sputtering economy have begun eroding passenger traffic at AirTran Airways. The Orlando-based airline said Thursday that it flew 1.2 billion revenue-passenger miles in September. That's down 2 percent, or about 25...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Air Transportation, Transportation
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After a run of record growth, traffic tails off at AirTran
OrlandoSentinel.comAfter months of record growth, AirTran Airways said this morning that passenger traffic tumbled in September -- a victim of a shrinking flight network and a sputtering economy. AirTran said monthly traffic -- as measured in revenue passenger miles, with.....
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