AirTran Airways Appoints New VP of Maintenance and Engineering.Business Editors ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2000 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 announces today the appointment of Guy A. Borowski to vice president of Maintenance and Engineering. In this position, Borowski will oversee line maintenance, heavy maintenance, engineering, quality assurance, quality control, maintenance control and maintenance planning. Borowski, formerly with Canadian Airlines Canadian Airlines International Ltd. was, from 1987 until 2001, Canada's second largest airline after Air Canada, carrying more than 11.9 million passengers to over 160 destinations in 17 countries on five continents at its height in 1996. as director of Major Base Maintenance, will assume the executive position at AirTran Airways in Orlando. "Guy brings a vast amount of experience and knowledge to the AirTran Airways' leadership team," said Steve Kolski, AirTran Airways' senior vice president of operations. "His track record of strict regulatory compliance and improving reliability will further strengthen our goal to bring safe, reliable and affordable air travel to our customers." Borowski began his career at Canadian Airlines as an engineer in structures engineering, later managing reliability and maintenance programs, maintenance audits, and powerplant planning and production control before being promoted to Director, Major Base Maintenance in 1998. Before joining Canadian Airlines in 1987, Borowski worked as an engineer with Bombardier, formerly Canadair. Borowski earned his B.A.Sc degree in mechanical engineering from the University of British Columbia Locations Vancouver The Vancouver campus is located at Point Grey, a twenty-minute drive from downtown Vancouver. It is near several beaches and has views of the North Shore mountains. The 7. , in Vancouver, British Columbia. He earned an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University, main campus at Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered 1963, opened 1965. The Harbour Centre campus in downtown Vancouver opened in 1989. in Vancouver, British Columbia. Systemwide, AirTran Airways operates 280 daily departures to 30 cities. Offering the convenience of easy, same concourse connections in Atlanta, AirTran Airways operates 131 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, 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, 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 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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