With Midwest Airlines’ shareholder meeting approaching on June 14, expect the fireworks to start flying as AirTran’s takeover effort for the carrier picks up steam. The latest twist in the saga came Monday, when it was announced by AirTran that…
AirTran has added an option to let customers buying its lowest fares pay a fee to reserve a seat at the time of the reservation. Previously, customers buying the airline’s cheapest fares could not reserve a seat until check-in. The…
AirTran customers will no longer see Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick promoting the airline as one of its celebrity pitchmen. Michael’s contract expired May 8, and we advised him then that we would not renew it, AirTran spokesman Tad Hutcheson…
AirTran yesterday began service from its Atlanta hub to both San Diego and Charleston, S.C. To San Diego, AirTran currently flies one daily round-trip flight but will increase that to three by July 10. To Charleston, AirTran starts with two…
AirTran announced Wednesday an order for 15 new Boeing 737-700 series aircraft. The carrier expects the jets to be delivered in 2011-12. AirTran currently operates 132 aircraft, 45 of which are Boeing 737-700 series aircraft and 87 of which are…
The Department of Transportation on Friday awarded AirTran the right to begin a new daily flight between Atlanta and Washington’s Reagan National Airport, the DOT said in a press release. The DOT awarded AirTran exemptions to the slot limits which…
The idea of a second airport is again being broached for Atlanta (see below), but don’t count on enlisting the support of the city’s two biggest airlines. Atlanta-based Delta and AirTran –- which has its biggest hub in Atlanta -–…
AirTran’s attempt to acquire Midwest Airlines has been extended. AirTran said it won the support of 57% of Midwest Air Group … shareholders in a hostile takeover bid for the airline, enough to extend its tender offer to June 8,…
In an intriguing scheduling overlap, top-level executives of both Midwest Airlines and AirTran Airways both spoke on Wednesday at the same investor’s conference in New York. AirTran, of course, is in the midst of a hostile and somewhat heated takeover…