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AirTran Airways Enhances Service in Atlanta; New Daily Flights Added to Buffalo/Niagara, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Denver.


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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
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 Atlanta Atlanta (ətlăn`tə, ăt–), city (1990 pop. 394,017), state capital and seat of Fulton co., NW Ga., on the Chattahoochee R. and Peachtree Creek, near the Appalachian foothills; inc. 1847.  International Airport. New daily service will include one additional flight each to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Denver International Airport This article is about Denver International Airport. For other uses, see KDEN (disambiguation).

Denver International Airport (IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN, FAA LID: DEN), often called DIA
, and Buffalo/Niagara International Airport. Tickets are available for purchase now. All flights will be operated with Boeing 717 equipment.

"AirTran Airways is committed to meet the demands of our business and leisure customers by building our frequency of flights from Atlanta," said Kevin Healy, AirTran Airways' vice president of planning and sales. "Our success in Atlanta is based on our efforts to provide high quality, high value air transportation to the 43 cities we serve. The addition of these frequencies will bring our Atlanta departures to 188 flights per day."

   New daily nonstop service effective July 2, 2003 denoted by (1):

            Atlanta to Buffalo/Niagara Nonstop Service
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Flight           Departs            Arrives            Frequency
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558              9:45 a.m.         11:44 a.m.           Daily
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556(1)           1:45 p.m.          3:52 p.m.           Daily, except
                                                        Saturdays
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552              5:15 p.m.          7:05 p.m.           Daily
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554              8:45 p.m.         10:40 p.m.           Daily
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             Buffalo/Niagara to Atlanta Nonstop Service
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Flight           Departs            Arrives            Frequency
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555              6:35 a.m.          8:45 a.m.           Daily
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559             12:19 p.m.          2:28 p.m.           Daily
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553(1)           4:27 p.m.          6:32 p.m.           Daily, except
                                                        Saturdays
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557              7:46 p.m.          9:55 p.m.           Daily
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                   Atlanta to Denver Nonstop Service
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Flight           Departs            Arrives            Frequency
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303              9:45 a.m.         10:55 a.m.           Daily
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305              1:10 p.m.          2:20 p.m.           Daily
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301(1)           8:50 p.m.         10:05 p.m.           Daily
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                    Denver to Atlanta Nonstop Service
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Flight           Departs            Arrives            Frequency
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300(1)           8:00 a.m.         12:55 p.m.           Daily,
                                                        effective
                                                        July 3, 2003
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304             11:40 a.m.          4:40 p.m.           Daily
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306              3:05 p.m.          8:05 p.m.           Daily
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            Atlanta to Minneapolis/St. Paul Nonstop Service
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Flight           Departs            Arrives            Frequency
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850              8:35 a.m.         10:25 a.m.           Daily
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852(1)           9:35 a.m.         11:25 a.m.           Daily
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854              1:25 p.m.          3:03 p.m.           Daily
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856              4:05 p.m.          5:50 p.m.           Daily
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858              8:40 p.m.         10:16 p.m.           Daily
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           Minneapolis/St. Paul to Atlanta Nonstop Service
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Flight           Departs            Arrives            Frequency
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851              7:30 a.m.         10:50 a.m.           Daily
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855             11:00 a.m.          2:25 p.m.           Daily
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853(1)          12:00 n             3:40 p.m.           Daily
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861              3:38 p.m.          7:05 p.m.           Daily
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863              6:25 p.m.          9:48 p.m.           Daily
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(1) - new flights


AirTran Airways is one of America's largest low-fare airlines - employing more than 5,000 professional Crew Members and serving 488 flights a day to 43 destinations. The airline's hub is at 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.  (by passenger volume), where it is the second largest carrier operating 188 flights a day. The airline never requires a roundtrip round·trip or round-trip also round trip  
n.
A trip from one place to another and back, usually over the same route.
 purchase or Saturday night stay, and offers an affordable Business Class, assigned as·sign  
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1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection.

2.
 seating, easy online booking and check-in, the A-Plus Rewards frequent flier frequent flier
n.
One who travels often by air, especially on one airline.



frequent-fli
 program, and the A2B A2B Anti-Two-Block
A2B Administration-to-Broker
A2B Administration to Business
 corporate travel program. AirTran Airways also is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc., (NYSE: AAI), and the world's largest operator of the Boeing 717, the most modern, environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1]  aircraft in its class. For more information and reservations, visit airtran.com (America Online See AOL.  Keyword: AirTran), call AirTran Airways at 800-AIRTRAN (800-247-8726) or 770-994-8258 (in Atlanta) or your travel agent.
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