AirTran Airways Receives 50th Boeing 717 Jet.Business Editors, Transportation Writers ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2002 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. ), has received its 50th new Boeing 717-200 twinjet built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes Boeing Commercial Airplanes is a unit of The Boeing Company, based in Renton, Washington consisting of the Seattle-based former Boeing Airplane Company (the civil airliner division), as well as the Long Beach-based Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas . The 50th aircraft, ship number 739, was delivered to AirTran Airways today at a ceremony in Long Beach, Calif. AirTran Airways has taken delivery of 20 Boeing 717 aircraft this year and will take delivery of 23 Boeing 717's in 2003. "The Boeing 717 has been a phenomenal airplane for AirTran Airways. Today, over 75 percent of our fleet consists of new Boeing 717's," stated 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. , chairman and chief executive officer. "The 717 is 24 percent more fuel efficient than its predecessor, the DC-9. One of the best indicators of the success of this new aircraft, and the positive image it affords AirTran Airways, is the excellent feedback we have received from our passengers. From the spacious Business Class to the new, modern interior to the 100 percent fresh air circulated throughout the cabin to the EasyFit overhead bins, our passengers have noticed the difference. Customers call us every day asking us to put them on a Boeing 717," stated Leonard. AirTran Airways is the world's largest operator of the Boeing 717 twinjet. Some of the other state-of-the-art amenities include back-lit hand rails along the EasyFit overhead storage bins, 100 percent fresh air circulated throughout the cabin, three modern lavatories with baby-changing stations and oversized o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. mirrors. To meet the needs of all passengers, 85 percent of the aisle seats in AirTran Airways' 717s have movable armrests for easier access. AirTran Airways is America's second-largest low-fare airline -- employing 5,000 professional Crew Members and serving 404 flights a day to 40 destinations. The airline never requires a roundtrip purchase or Saturday night stay, and offers an affordable Business Class, assigned seating, easy online booking and check-in, the A-Plus Rewards frequent flier program, and the A2B A2B Anti-Two-Block A2B Administration-to-Broker A2B Administration to Business corporate travel program. For more information and reservations, visit airtran.com (America Online Keyword: AirTran), call AirTran Airways at 800-AIRTRAN 800/247-8726) or 770/994-8258 (in Atlanta) or your travel agent. Editor's note: Statements regarding the Company's future fleet plans are forward-looking statements and are not historical facts. Instead, they are estimates or projections involving numerous risks or uncertainties, including but not limited to, consumer demand and acceptance of services offered by the Company, the Company's ability to maintain current cost levels, fare levels and actions by competitors, regulatory matters and general economic conditions. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in the Company's SEC filings, including but not limited to the Company's annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2001. The Company disclaims any obligation or duty to update or correct any of its forward-looking statements. |
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