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AirTran Airways will begin service from Chicago Midway to two Caribbean destinations beginning this spring, parent Southwest Airlines said Thursday. It’ll operate flights four days a week to Montego Bay, Jamaica, beginning April 14, and four days a week to Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic, beginning May 19. By that time, we expect Southwest and […]
Posted on January 11th, 2013 by admin
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Southwest Airlines chairman and CEO Gary Kelly told an investment conference Friday that Southwest is about to begin connecting its network with AirTran Airways by beginning code-sharing. Eventually, that’ll mean a traveler can buy a single ticket that has both Southwest and AirTran flights, such as flying from Dallas to Cancun or Mexico City through […]
Posted on December 17th, 2012 by admin
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Parent Southwest Airlines announced Thursday that the U.S. Department of Transportation had awarded a Chicago-Cancun, Mexico, route to AirTran Airways. AirTran and Frontier in January had sought the route, with AirTran planning to fly from Midway Airport and Frontier proposing to fly from O’Hare International Airport. With U.S. approval, AirTran just needs Mexican government approval […]
Posted on April 6th, 2012 by admin
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Mechanics at Southwest Airlines turned down an agreement on how the seniority lists of Southwest and AirTran Airways would be blended together as the two airlines merge their operations, the union and Southwest said Tuesday. However, AirTran mechanics — represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters — overwhelmingly approved the deal. Southwest mechanics are represented […]
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 by admin
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The combined traffic of Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways declined 2.7 percent in January, on a 0.7 percent reduction in capacity compared to January 2011, Southwest said Tuesday. The percentage of seats filled declined 1.5 points to 74.3 percent. [CORRECTION: Above numbers have been corrected. Earlier figures were incorrect.] Southwest said that the passenger revenue […]
Posted on February 8th, 2012 by admin
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Southwest Airlines, the owner of AirTran Airways, said Friday that AirTran has received U.S. permission to fly from Denver and Austin to Cancun. We can interpret that to mean, also, that Southwest Airlines will someday fly from Denver and Austin to Cancun. Eventually, AirTran will be absorbed into Southwest, and so will its route system. […]
Posted on February 4th, 2012 by admin
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Flight attendants at Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways approved an agreement Tuesday on how they would merge their seniority lists. They join pilots and flight dispatchers for the two group in agreeing on how they would integrate their separate seniority lists, once AirTran is finally merged into Southwest. The Southwest flight attendants are represented by […]
Posted on February 1st, 2012 by admin
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Fight instructors at Southwest Airlines Co. and AirTran Airways Inc. have approved an agreement on how they would combine their seniority lists, Southwest said Wednesday. “I want to commend all the parties involved for accomplishing something that is very rare in the airline industry–a successfully negotiated integration agreement outside of arbitration,” said Chuck Magill, Southwest’s […]
Posted on January 26th, 2012 by admin
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