Academy Awards of Annual Reports Awards AirTran With a Gold Award.ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 15, 1999-- AirTran Airways AirTran Airways is a low-cost airline that is a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Orlando, Florida, USA and is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings. AirTran operates over 750 daily flights throughout the eastern USA and the Midwest, including over 270 daily departures from recently received a "Gold" award for its 1998 annual report at the 12th Annual International ARC Awards, the world's largest competition honoring excellence in annual reports. "We are pleased to receive such a prestigious award from an independent panel of world leaders For a list of heads of state, see . World leaders is a MMORPG. The game involves creating a state, joining an alliance and going into war. It is mostly played by players from Israel, China, USA, Britain, Brazil and Saudi-Arabia. in communications," said Tad Hutcheson, AirTran's director of marketing. "When we developed our annual report to tell AirTran's unique story, we designed it with readers in mind. It is well-organized; financial information is structured and easy to read; and the company's personality is revealed through the photography and the design." The ARC awards, developed by Mercomm, Inc., specifically recognize outstanding annual reports that creatively communicate the company's financial and corporate messages. Some of the criteria considered in judging include expression of financial data, effectiveness of design, clarity of written text and overall success of the report in communicating the company's story. The ARC Awards will be presented at a reception on Thursday, July 29, at the Plaza Hotel The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel with a height of 250 feet (76 m) and length of 400 feet that (122 m) occupies the west side of Grand Army Plaza, from which it derives its name, and extends along Central Park South in Manhattan. in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . As a "Gold" award winner, AirTran is eligible for the "Best of Show" award which will be given to the top annual report in all categories. Offering the convenience of easy, same concourse connections in Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport, systemwide, AirTran operates over 280 daily departures to 31 cities. AirTran operates over 135 daily departures from Atlanta, the "World's Busiest Airport World's busiest airport is a claim that is fiercely fought over by the owners of the world's largest airports. The definition of "busiest" is debated as well, with claims being staked on the basis of aircraft operations, cargo traffic or total passengers. ," as designated by Airports Council International. AirTran provides everyday, affordable air travel throughout the eastern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Midwest. Unlike other airlines, AirTran never requires a roundtrip purchase or Saturday night stay. Currently operating a fleet of 49 jet aircraft, AirTran is the launch customer for the new Boeing 717 with a firm order of 50 aircraft and options for another 50. Delivery is scheduled to commence in September. AirTran is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:AAIR AAIR Asthma and Allergy Information and Research AAIR Army Accident Investigation and Reporting AAIR Asynchronous Adaptive Incremental Redundancy AAIR AI Language Research Institute ). For more information and flight reservations, call your travel agent, 800-AIRTRAN (800-247-8726), 770-994-8258 (in Atlanta), or visit the AirTran website at www.airtran.com. |
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