AirTran Airways' 1999 Annual Report Wins ARC Award For Best Cover.Business Editors ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2000 -- Grand Award Win For Best Cover Design, Typographical Treatment -- AirTran Airways' 1999 Annual Report received top category honors at the ARC Award gala held 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 New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of on July 27, 2000. In addition to the second-consecutive Gold Award win, AirTran Airways' reverse-embossed "turnaround" landscape spiral-bound cover won the Grand Award in the "Best Cover Design, Typographical Treatment" category. The 14th annual ARC Awards, developed by Mercomm, Inc., is the largest and most prestigious awards show honoring excellence in annual reports. This year companies from 20 countries submitted more than 1,400 entries representing over 150 industries. An independent judging panel awarded Gold status to 110 annual reports, which then passed to the final round of judging to compete for a Grand award, or Best of Category, available in 12 major categories. "We are pleased that ARC recognized our efforts for the design, content and production of the AirTran Airways' 1999 annual report," said Robert Fornaro, AirTran Airways' president and chief financial officer. "We believe the `turnaround' design perfectly captured AirTran Airways' remarkable operational and financial turnaround in 1999. We have just posted our sixth consecutive profitable quarter, and we plan to stay true to the last page of the report which christens the year 2000 as `soaring ahead.'"
AirTran Airways' 1999 Annual Report Credits:
Design: Chris Peldo, Cramer-Krasselt Company, Chicago, IL
Writers: Mike MacKenzie, Paige Dorman, Sarah Duffin,
Cramer-Krasselt
Editor: Tad Hutcheson, AirTran Airways
Creative Director: Roger Weller, Cramer-Krasselt
Photography: Kevin Banna, Banna Photography, Chicago, IL
Keylining: Henderson Company, Chicago, IL
Printing: Martino-White Printing, Atlanta, GA
Systemwide, 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 operates 294 daily departures to 31 cities. Offering the convenience of easy, same concourse connections in Atlanta, AirTran Airways operates 135 daily departures from Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, 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. . AirTran Airways 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 unlike other airlines, never requires a roundtrip purchase or Saturday night stay. AirTran Airways is the launch customer for the Boeing 717, today's newest, most innovative commercial aircraft. AirTran Airways is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings AirTran Holdings (NYSE: AAI) is a Nevada corporation that operates as an airline holding company. Its primary asset is AirTran Airways. History After the large amount of negative publicity surrounding the Flight 592 incident, ValuJet Airlines suffered serious , Inc. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :AAI AAI American Association of Immunologists. ). For more information and reservations, visit AirTran Airways' Web site at www.airtran.com, call your travel agent or call AirTran Airways at 800-AIRTRAN (800-247-8726) or 770-994-8258 (in Atlanta). |
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