AirTran Airways has been growing steadily at Milwaukee since its failed attempt to acquire Midwest Airlines nearly two years ago. As a result, they have decided to officially declare Milwaukee a hub and are adding more than 100 new jobs to the area including 50 Boeing 737 pilot positions and 50 Boeing 717 and 737 [...]
AirTran Airways continues its aggressive growth in Milwaukee by adding a new destination with its mainline fleet between Milwaukee and Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport. Two new flights between Dallas and Milwaukee will begin on April 6, 2010 and will be operated using AirTran’s newer fleet of Boeing aircraft – the 717 and the 737.
AirTran will also [...]
Republic Airways, in an effort to retire the Boeing 717’s currently operated by their newly acquired Midwest Airlines, will purchase 10 Embraer 190’s from US Airways as that airline tries to unload about 25 of the 99-seat regional jets.
The acquisition of these 10 jets will give Republic Airways a total of 145 Embraer Regional Jets. [...]
Midwest Airlines announced that on November 9 it will cease operating the carriers main fleet type – the Boeing 717. The new owners of Midwest, Republic Airlines, will replace all Boeing 717 flights with either regional jets or shared Airbus jets from their new partner, Frontier Airlines.
The Midwest pilots are not happy about the change. [...]
AirTran, further strengthening their position at Orlando, will add a non-stop flight each Saturday to Branson, Missouri thus connecting the entertainment capital of Florida with the entertainment capital of the mid-west.
The flight will be operated with Boeing 717 aircraft offering coach and business class seating. The Orlando Saturday flight will be in addition to daily service between Branson [...]
AirTran today announced their new schedule for previously proposed flights connecting their network to Nassau in the Bahamas and Montego Bay in Jamaica.
The Nassau, Bahamas flights will begin December 17 of this year and operate from Atlanta, Baltimore and Orlando non-stop with connections from almost every city in their route network. The Atlanta flights proposed [...]
AirTran Airways has announced they will add a new market with twice daily non-stop Boeing 717 service between Indianapolis and New York La Guardia Airport. This new market is in addition to additional flights from LaGuardia to Orlando by adding a new daily flight plus an additional weekend only flight.
In addition, AirTran will add new [...]
AirTran, with the success of Harrisburg to Atlanta and Orlando flights, announced today that they will begin flights in November between Harrisburg and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The Harrisburg market is relatively new for AirTran, and this announcement shows the continued strength of the AirTran expanding northeast/Florida corridor.
The Ft. Lauderdale flights will be operated three days [...]
AirTran Airways announced that they have made true on their promise to deliver WiFi on every aircraft in their fleet of Boeing 717 and 737’s. They are the first airline to accomplish this domestically.
“Promise made, promise delivered,” said Bob Fornaro, chairman, president and CEO of AirTran Airways. “When you get onboard an AirTran Airways jet, [...]
AirTran Airways has announced that they will beef up their schedules and routes from both Milwaukee General Mitchell International Airport and Baltimore/Washington International Airport this fall. This announcement comes after Southwest Airlines announced routes from Milwaukee, adding another low-cost competitor in the market.
AirTran will add new flights to both Indianapolis and Pittsburgh from Milwaukee as [...]
Just yesterday, Republic Airways announced they would purchase Frontier Airlines giving them the financing they needed to exit bankruptcy. Today, Republic Airways has announced their intention to purchase Midwest Airlines, hometown airline in Milwaukee. This happened on the same day Southwest Airlines announced their new flights and fares for their November 1 launch of service [...]
