AirTran Airways Awarded Special Recognition By FAA For Fifth Year In A Row; Maintenance Technicians Recognized for Commitment to Safety Training.Business Editors/Travel Writers ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2000 For the fifth year in a row, 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 ) has earned the Federal Aviation Administration's Aviation Safety Program "Special Recognition Award," an honor bestowed upon those carriers that achieve above and beyond the required levels of safety training for their aviation mechanic technicians. To qualify for the award, half of an airline's total maintenance locations must earn a certificate of excellence for exceeding the FAA's required participation levels. There are five different certificates awarded depending upon the percentage of a location's mechanics that participated in the safety training. A "Diamond Certificate of Excellence" is the highest honor, requiring a minimum of twenty-five percent of a maintenance location's mechanics to participate. AirTran Airways' maintenance bases in Atlanta, Boston, Ft. Lauderdale, Washington, D.C. (Dulles International Airport) and Orlando all received the "Diamond Certificate." "We are very proud that each one of our maintenance locations earned a `Diamond Certificate of Excellence'," said David Sexton sex·ton n. An employee or officer of a church who is responsible for the care and upkeep of church property and sometimes for ringing bells and digging graves. , AirTran Airways' technical training instructor. "Far exceeding the minimum requirements, our five maintenance locations had participation levels averaging 98 percent overall, with three locations boasting 100 percent." The certificates were awarded today at a ceremony attended by FAA and AirTran Airways representatives as well as the maintenance honorees. "These awards underscore our mechanics' commitment to training, ensuring that all of the FAA's regulations and safety codes are met with the strictest adherence," said Steve Kolski, AirTran Airways' senior vice president, operations. In addition, AirTran Airways also received the program's "Special Recognition Award" for the company as a whole. "We are glad to recognize AirTran Airways in this way," said Ben Coleman For the football player of the same name see Ben Coleman (football player). Benjamin (Ben) Coleman (born November 14 1961, in Minneapolis, U.S.) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA. , FAA safety program manager, airworthiness air·wor·thy adj. air·wor·thi·er, air·wor·thi·est Being in fit condition to fly: an airworthy helicopter; airworthy avionics. . "AirTran Airways is one of the very few carriers that participates in the FAA's Aviation Safety Program to this complete level." Systemwide, AirTran Airways operates 278 daily departures to 31 cities. Offering the convenience of easy, same concourse connections in Atlanta, AirTran Airways operates 132 daily departures from Hartsfield Atlanta International, 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, call your travel agent, 800-AIRTRAN (800-247-8726), 770-994-8258 (in Atlanta), or visit the AirTran Airways' website at www.airtran.com. |
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