AirTran Airways Announces Two Additional Newport News Nonstop Destinations; New Service to New York's LaGuardia Airport and Orlando International Airport.Business & Travel Editors ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2001 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 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. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AAI AAI American Association of Immunologists. ), today announced that the low-fare airline will launch new daily nonstop service between Virginia's Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (IATA: PHF, ICAO: KPHF) is an airport located 9 mi (14 km) northwest of Newport News, Virginia, and serves the entire Hampton Roads metropolitan area along with Norfolk International Airport in Norfolk. and 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 City's LaGuardia Airport LaGuardia Airport (IATA: LGA, ICAO: KLGA, FAA LID: LGA) is an airport serving New York City, New York, United States, located on the waterfront of Flushing Bay, and borders the neighborhoods of Astoria, Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst in the borough . Additionally, AirTran Airways will launch new daily nonstop service between Newport News Newport News, independent city (1990 pop. 170,045), SE Va., on the Virginia peninsula, at the mouth of the James River, off Hampton Roads, near Norfolk; inc. 1896. and Orlando, Florida. Service begins March 5, 2002, and tickets are now available for purchase. "The additional service AirTran Airways is providing in Newport News demonstrates our commitment to air travelers looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. affordable fares to numerous business and leisure destinations," said Joe Leonard, AirTran Airways' chairman and chief executive officer. "We are extremely pleased that AirTran Airways has elected to increase their service out of Newport News/ Williamsburg International Airport. We are confident that low-fare service to Orlando and New York will be welcomed by local business and leisure travelers in our region," said Joe S. Frank, Mayor, City of Newport News. "We are delighted that AirTran Airways will begin nonstop service to Orlando and New York out of our local airport," said Aubrey Fitzgerald, Chairman, Peninsula Airport Commission. "The local community has embraced AirTran Airways' affordable airfares and full service. We look forward to seeing AirTran Airways' success continue well into the future."
Listed below are the new nonstop flights effective March 5:
Newport News-LaGuardia:
Departs Arrives Frequency
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7:00 a.m. 8:15 a.m. Daily
4:55 p.m. 6:20 p.m. Daily
LaGuardia - Newport News:
Departs Arrives Frequency
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8:55 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Daily
6:55 p.m. 8:25 p.m. Daily
Newport News - Orlando:
Departs Arrives Frequency
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11:00 a.m. 12:50 p.m. Daily
Orlando - Newport News:
Departs Arrives Frequency
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2:30 p.m. 4:25 p.m. Daily
"We look forward to increasing our flights at Newport News/Williamsburg," said Kevin Healy, AirTran Airways' vice president of planning and sales. "The response we have received for our unique service, which includes assigned seating, an affordable Business Class, a generous frequent flyer frequent flyer Hospital practice A popular term for a Pt who is regularly admitted to a particular ER or health care facility, for various reasons program, no required roundtrip or Saturday night stays, has been overwhelming. The innovative approach taken by the Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport to air service development ensures this new service will be a success for AirTran Airways and for the community of Newport News/Williamsburg," stated Healy. AirTran Airways is offering special introductory fares as low as $49 one-way between Newport News and 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. (LaGuardia) and as low as $65 one-way between Newport News and Orlando to celebrate the new service. Lowest leisure fares require a seven-day advance purchase. Listed below are sample one-way fares (fares are valid in either direction).
Lowest Lowest Business
Leisure Walk-up Class
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Newport News to
LaGuardia $49 $89 $139
Newport News to
Orlando $65 $99 $249
AirTran Airways provides affordable air travel with 336 flights a day to 36 cities throughout the eastern United States. The airline's hub is at 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. , Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, where it is the second largest carrier operating 146 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. Rules and restrictions: All fares are one way. All fares are non-refundable and a $50 fee per person applies to any change made after purchase plus any applicable increase in airfare. Lowest leisure fares require a 7-day advance purchase. Nonstop service between Newport News/Williamsburg and Orlando and between Newport News/Williamsburg and New York LaGuardia begins March 5, 2002. Seats are limited, subject to availability and may not be available on all flights. Fares, routes and schedules are subject to change without notice. Fares do not include per-segment tax of $3.00. A segment is defined as one takeoff and one landing. Airport Passenger Facility Charges of up to $18 are not included. |
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