AirTran Airways Awards eCompanyStore Crew Member Uniform Account; Metro Atlanta-Based Online Supplier Launches Uniform Sector of Business.Business Editors/Travel & Airline Writers ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 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. ) awarded its employee uniform account to eCompanyStore. The account includes all uniforms and supplies for AirTran Airways customer service agents, flight attendants and pilots. Additionally, eCompanyStore will provide online capabilities for Crew Members to purchase and track uniforms and all AirTran Airways logo products. "In our search to offer our Crew Members the most cost and time efficient method for ordering their uniforms, we based the decision to partner with eCompanyStore on several different criteria," said Cindy Holbrook, AirTran Airways director of training and recruiting. "Their customer service, technical support program and uniform fabric quality was a perfect fit for AirTran Airways." After interviewing 15 uniform vendors over the past few months, the airline chose the Atlanta-based company, which has also handled the online logoed promotional products store portion of airtran.com since March 2000. "eCompanyStore is delighted to partner with AirTran Airways to provide not only an approved selection of high quality uniforms at a great value, but an efficient, decentralized de·cen·tral·ize v. de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing, de·cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities. method of ordering and distribution. Crew Members will enjoy a world class web shopping experience - complete with secure access and ordering, real time inventory availability, multiple payment options including payroll deduction, order tracking, and multi-channel eCustomerCare," said John Wikle, eCompanyStore vice president. "The AirTran Airways uniform site should significantly reduce their investment in administering their uniform program while improving quality of service and product. AirTran Airways is a leader in value, quality and efficiency, and eCompanyStore offers a uniform solution complementary to that philosophy." Offering AirTran Airways' Crew Members the ease of online ordering, airtran.com recently launched a new Crew Member portal handling uniform requests through eCompanyStore. Additionally, new uniform pieces, colors and holiday-wear will be introduced through eCompanyStore beginning in 2002. eCompanyStore is a leading provider of online promotional product solutions for mid to large corporations. Their fully integrated web-based solutions accelerate delivery times, reduce procurement costs and inefficiencies, eliminate storage problems and simplify distribution channels for their customers. eCompanyStore creates, customizes, and maintains individual 'eCompanyStores' for its clients and backs them up with extensive customer service support and a fully integrated fulfillment system. The solution allows each client to offer its corporate branded logo merchandise to authorized individuals via the Internet. eCompanyStore is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia Alpharetta is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, United States. As of 2006 census estimates, the city had a total population of 43,424[1]. Selected for its location next to a spring, it began as a campground, and was originally known as , with offices nationwide. For more information, please visit http://www.eCompanyStore.com or call 1-800-97-LOGOS. AirTran Airways provides affordable air travel to 34 cities 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. . 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. 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 frequent flier n. One who travels often by air, especially on one airline. fre  quent-fli program, and a corporate program called A2B A2B Anti-Two-BlockA2B 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. |
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