AirTran Airways has begun evaluating replacements for its 117-seat Boeing 717-200s as its oldest aircraft of that type reach the 10-year mark. The low-cost operator likes the size of the 717 and would ...

Following his motto of "keep it simple," AirTran Airways boss Joe Leonard has guided his Orlando, Fla.-based, low-fare carrier to sustained profitability during the airline industry's worst-ever ...

AirTran Airways is pushing for the development of an extended-range Boeing 717 after committing to 73 of around 120 717s due to be in service by the end of next year. The low-fares carrier agreed last ...

Delta Air Lines Inc. plans to add 88 Boeing 717s to its fleet, picking up planes that Southwest Airlines received in its acquisition of AirTran that it doesn't want to fly. For Southwest, the deal ...

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has launched its first flights on Boeing 717s that came from competitor AirTran Airways. The first 717 jets repainted in Delta colors with a new Delta 110-seat layout ...

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2004--AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AAI), today announced that the airline has finalized an agreement for six more Boeing 717 ...

Discount carrier AirTran Airways is set to order as many as 114 narrow-body jets from Boeing Co. and aircraft lessors, according to sources familiar with the situation. The rapidly growing unit of ...

After retracing the same route that ValuJet inaugurated service on in 1993, the final AirTran Airways flight blocked in at Tampa International Airport at 11:39 PM ET Sunday night. The completion of ...

There are plenty of airlines that sell upgrades on the day of departure, and these are almost always sold at the ticket counter or at the gate. AirTran has decided to take this even further by ...

When AirTran’s final flight — AirTran Flight 1 from Atlanta to Tampa, Fla. — lands on Sunday night, it will close the book on Southwest’s acquisition that started more than four years ago. And it will ...

The Boeing 717 is now flying for Delta Air Lines. The first 717 to fly paying passengers for Delta departed Atlanta this morning for Newark, flying as Flight 2343 and officially marking the debut of ...