AirTran Airways Announces Ticketless Service for Travel Agents; More than 20,000 Users of Worldspan Have Access to New Service.Business Editors/Travel Writers 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 , a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AAI AAI American Association of Immunologists. ), today announced it will now offer Guaranteed Ticketing, a product that allows travel agents to electronically book, change and cancel ticketless reservations on AirTran Airways. Previously, travel agents booking their clients through Worldspan using the ticketless travel option had to place a phone call to the airline. This new enhancement eliminates the need to phone the airline and streamlines the travel agents' selling process. Travel agents will now be able to electronically transmit payment information via Worldspan. This product is available to subscribers of technology provider Worldspan, which currently serves more than 20,000 travel agents. "Guaranteed Ticketing will greatly enhance travel agents' productivity and significantly improve the overall sales process of booking and ticketing on AirTran Airways," said Bill Howard, AirTran Airways' national sales director. "Additionally, travel agents can look forward to hearing about similar functionality improvements through other GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards providers in the near future." For more information on Guaranteed Ticketing, travel agents can review the GRS GRS Graduate School (universities) GRS Great Red Spot (feature of Jupiter) GRS Gender Reassignment Surgery GRS Gamma Ray Spectrometer GRS Graduation Rate Survey GRS General Records Schedules section of the Worldspan global distribution system under G/AIR/FL0. AirTran Airways provides affordable air travel with 388 flights a day to 38 cities throughout the eastern United States. The airline's hub is at 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. (by passenger volume), where it is the second largest carrier operating 151 flights a day. AirTran Airways is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AAI). Unlike other airlines, AirTran Airways never requires a roundtrip purchase or Saturday night stay. The airline offers a Business Class any business can afford, all-assigned seating, a generous frequent flier program, and a corporate program called A2B A2B Anti-Two-Block A2B Administration-to-Broker A2B Administration to Business . For more information and reservations, visit http://www.airtran.com (America Online Keyword: AirTran), call your travel agent or AirTran Airways at 1-800-AIRTRAN (800-247-8726) or 770-994-8258 in Atlanta. En espanol, 1-877-581-9842. |
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