AirTran Airways Appoints Thomas Kalil - Senior Vice President Of Customer Service.Business Editors ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 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 (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 ) announces today the appointment of Thomas Kalil to senior vice president of customer service. Currently a senior vice president at the company, Kalil has taken on the expanded role of senior vice president of customer service. In this position, Kalil will oversee the airline's customer service, airport operations, baggage service, inflight service, catering, cargo and consumer relations. Kalil joined AirTran Airways in 1995 and has more than 30 years of experience in the airline industry. Prior to joining AirTran Airways, Kalil most recently served as senior vice president - customer service for Continental Airlines where he oversaw o·ver·saw v. Past tense of oversee. domestic and international airports, reservations, inflight service, catering and cargo. He began his tenure at Continental in 1987 as vice president, station operations. In the mid-1980's, Kalil served as the senior director of ground services for Northwest Airlines. "Tommy brings a vast amount of experience and knowledge to the AirTran Airways' leadership team," said Joe Leonard For the baseball player, see . Joe Leonard (born August 4, 1932, San Diego, California), is a retired American motorcycle racer and racecar driver. Leonard won the first AMA Grand National Championship Series in 1954 and won it again in 1956 and 1957. , AirTran Airways' chairman and chief executive officer. "We are pleased to have someone of Tommy's caliber to further strengthen our company's mission of delivering Caring Customer Service to each and every customer." Kalil began his airline career at Southern Airways Southern Airways (IATA: SO, ICAO: SOU, and Callsign: Southern) was a regional airline operating in the United States from its founding by Frank Hulse in 1949 until 1979 when it was folded into Republic Airlines, which on 1 October 1986 became part of Northwest where he held various positions before being named the director of station operations in 1979. In addition, he worked at Republic Airlines where his last position was senior director of field services. Kalil earned his B.B.A. degree at Northeast Louisiana University. Systemwide, AirTran Airways operates 292 daily departures to 31 cities. Offering the convenience of easy, same concourse connections in Atlanta, AirTran Airways operates 133 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. (Nasdaq:AAIR). 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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