AirTran Airways to Inspect Stabilizers.Business Editors ORLANDO Orlando, city, United States Orlando (ôrlăn`dō), city (1990 pop. 164,693), seat of Orange co., central Fla., in a lake region; inc. 1875. In a citrus fruit and farm area, it is one of the world's most visited vacation spots. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 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 ) today announced that it has begun additional voluntary inspection of the stabilizers The Stabilizers were a pop/rock duo founded in the early 1980s by musicians Dave Christenson and Rich Nevens. With Christenson on lead vocals and Nevens on guitars and occasional keyboards, they spent the first few years touring the Pennsylvania area and recording original in its DC-9-30 and Boeing 717-200 fleet. It is anticipated that the inspections will be completed within 96 hours. &uot;This morning we received the recommended stabilizer stabilizer: see airplane. inspection procedures from Boeing,&uot; said Stephen Kolski, AirTran Airways' senior vice president of operations. &uot;We are currently undertaking this stabilizer inspection as part of our continued commitment to passenger and employee safety. &uot;Additionally, AirTran has reviewed its aircraft maintenance log book for reports of stabilizer irregularities over the past 13 months and has discovered no significant findings.&uot; At this time, AirTran Airways operates nine new Boeing 717-200s, with less than 1,000 flying hours each, and 35 DC-9-30s. As part of the airline's existing maintenance program, all aircraft stabilizers are inspected regularly. The impact on AirTran Airways' schedule is expected to be minimal. |
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