Company Watch - Airtran Airways.Jul 9, 2007 Airtran Q2 Revenue Likely To Fall. Airtran, parent of low-cost carrier A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (also known as a no-frills or discount carrier / airline) is an airline that offers generally low fares in exchange for eliminating many traditional passenger services. 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 , said its passenger revenue likely declined between 5 percent and 5.5 percent in the second quarter. In a government filing, the airline said its non-fuel costs are expected to have fallen between 5.25 percent and 5.75 percent in the quarter. Airtran, which has made a bid for rival Midwest Air Group Midwest Air Group, Inc. AMEX: MEH is an airline holding company based in Oak Creek, Wisconsin now controlled by parent company, TPG Capital Texas Pacific Group. Northwest Airlines Inc,. , said its load factor for the third quarter is well ahead of the same period in 2006. Jul 6, 2007 Airtran Q2 Revenue Likely To Fall Airtran, parent of low-cost carrier Airtran Airways, on Thursday said its passenger revenue likely declined between 5 percent and 5.5 percent in the second quarter. Jul 5, 2007 AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. , today reported all-time record traffic for the month of June 2007, and for the second quarter. The airline reported that revenue passenger miles , available seat miles Available seat miles (ASM) is a measure of an airline flight's passenger carrying capacity. It is equal to the number of seats available multiplied by the number of miles flown. This measures an airlines capacity for transporting passengers. , enplaned passengers, and load factor represent new all-time company records for the month of June, as well as the second quarter. Jul 5, 2007 AirTran Airways announced an upgrade to its Portland, Maine, service. Seasonal weekly flights to Orlando International will become a year-round daily service beginning Nov. 7. Twice-daily flights to Baltimore, originally scheduled to end Nov. 6, will continue until Jan. 7 and be resumed at a later date. Jul 4, 2007 AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc., today announced that the airline will expand its flight service from the Portland International Jetport
Portland International Jetport (IATA: PWM, ICAO: KPWM in Portland, Maine, to Orlando International Airport “KMCO” redirects here. For other uses, see KMCO (disambiguation). “MCO” redirects here. For other uses, see MCO (disambiguation). Orlando International Airport (IATA: MCO, ICAO: KMCO, FAA LID: MCO)[2] from seasonal to year-round, as well as increase the frequency from Saturday-only to daily. AirTran Airways will continue service between the Portland International Jetport and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport until January 7, 2008, and will resume at a later date for the season. The service was previously scheduled to end two months earlier, on November 6, 2007. Jun 29, 2007 AirTran Airways will relocate its entire operation at Orlando International to Landside land·side n. The flat side of a plow opposite the furrow. landside Noun the part of an airport farthest from the aircraft Noun 1. B and Airside air·side n. The part of an airport directly involved in the arrival and departure of aircraft. airside Noun the part of an airport nearest the aircraft 4 effective June 27, doubling its customer handling capacity at the ticket counter. It will have 23 self-serve kiosks and four staffed positions at check-in rather than the 10 kiosks and six staff at the old Landside A and Airside 2 location. It will have eight gates in Terminal B and this summer plans to launch service from MCO MCO Managed care organization, see there to Memphis, Kansas City, San Diego, St. Louis and Portland, Maine. Jun 25, 2007 Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. |
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