Low Cost Airline News - North America.Jul 23, 2007AirTran 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 AirTran Airways this week took delivery of its 50th 737NG. It took its first of the type in August 2004. It also operates 87 717s. Jul 18, 2007 AirTran Airways AirTran Airways, 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. today announced that it has accepted delivery of its 50th Boeing 737-700 aircraft. The plane, ship number 349 and registration number N331AT, departed Miami, Fla., on Flight 511 at 10:32 a.m. and arrived in Atlanta, Ga., at 12:28 p.m. Jul 18, 2007 AirTran Airways 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 CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AirTran Holdings Inc., said Tuesday that a merger with 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,. Inc. would provide "instant diversification" and make Midwest less vulnerable to competition from low-cost airline operators. Jul 18, 2007 Frontier Airlines This article is about Frontier Airlines that was founded in 1994. For the company known as Frontier Airlines from 1950 to 1986, see Frontier Airlines (1950-1986). For the similarly named Frontier Flying Service see Frontier Flying Service. Frontier Airlines will conduct a real-time audio webcast of its fiscal first quarter 2008 earnings conference call on July 27, 2007 at 9 a.m. , followed by a question and answer session with Frontier President and CEO Jeff Potter and other Frontier executives. Jul 20, 2007 Frontier Airlines Frontier Airlines named Horizon Air VP-Marketing and Planning Patrick Zachwieja as VP-market planning. Jul 18, 2007 Go Express, Mokulele Airlines Mokulele Airlines is an independent commuter airline based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The airline operates tour and inter-island charter flights, and on April 17, 2007, began inter-island service on behalf of go! under the name go!Express to Kapalua on Maui. Kona-based Mokulele Airlines, operating as Go Express, launched service to Molokai on Friday, its seventh destination. Jul 20, 2007 Southwest Airlines This article is about the American airline. For the former Japanese airline, see Japan Transocean Air. For the British airline, see Air Southwest. Southwest Airlines Co. Southwest Air's Chairman To Stand Down In 2008. Southwest Airlines said on Thursday that Herb Kelleher Herbert D. Kelleher (born March 12, 1931) is the co-founder, Chairman and former CEO of Southwest Airlines (based in the United States). Kelleher was born and raised in Haddon Heights, New Jersey. would step down as executive chairman of the board of directors at the company's 2008 annual meeting of shareholders. Kelleher, 76, is a founder of Southwest, the largest low-cost carrier, and has served as executive chairman since 1978. He also was president and chief executive from 1981 to 2001. Southwest also said company president Colleen Barrett, 62, would step down from that position in 2008. Kelleher and Barrett are set to remain employed at the airline for five years, the company said. Chief Executive Gary Kelly, will remain in that position with a contract expiration date Expiration Date The day on which an options or futures contract is no longer valid and, therefore, ceases to exist. Notes: The expiration date for all listed stock options in the U.S. of February 1, 2011, Southwest said. Jul 20, 2007 Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines Chairman Herb Kelleher will be making $50,000 less when he steps down next May, while Southwest President Colleen Barrett will be raking in some $31,000 more than she has been. Jul 20, 2007 Southwest Airlines Southwest Air's Chairman To Stand Down In 2008 Southwest Airlines said on Thursday that Herb Kelleher would step down as executive chairman of the board of directors at the company's 2008 annual meeting of shareholders. Jul 20, 2007 Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines, the No. 6 US airline by passenger traffic, said quarterly earnings fell 16.5 percent on higher fuel costs and signs of sluggish demand. Southwest, which recently trimmed its expansion plans to adjust to the tougher market, said second-quarter net profit fell to USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. $278 million, from USD$333 million a year earlier. In the second quarter, Southwest booked gains of USD$173 million from its fuel hedging program, which is gradually unwinding, reducing its fuel cost advantage over other carriers. In the year-ago quarter it booked hedging gains of USD$225 million. Operating revenue operating revenue Revenue from any regular source. Revenue from sales is adjusted for discounts and returns when calculating operating revenue. Compare other revenue. rose 5.5 percent to USD$2.58 billion, as it operated more flights and managed to charge higher fares. Jul 19, 2007 Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines is offering voluntary buyouts to approximately 9,000 employees, or 27% of its workers, according to press reports citing statements from the LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier, Leaded Chip Carrier) See leadless chip carrier, CLCC and PLCC. 1. LCC - Language for Conversational Computing. Written at CMU in the 1960's. . The buyout comprises a $25,000 payment, medical and dental benefits. Among those eligible are flight attendants, ramp workers, customer service employees and those in reservations, operations and freight who have reached a specific pay scale. SWA adv. 1. So. offered a similar buyout in 2004. Last month it said it planned to slow capacity growth through 2008 and delay several aircraft deliveries. Jul 18, 2007 Sun Country Ufly Rewards Sun Country Airlines yesterday launched a new loyalty program, Ufly Rewards, based on a points system awarding 10 points per return coach flight and a free trip with 100 points with "no blackout dates or restrictions." Jul 18, 2007 Virgin America Virgin America began selling tickets yesterday on its website and through a toll-free phone number for flights to San Francisco, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of JFK, Los Angeles, Washington Dulles and Las Vegas. Passenger service will begin Aug. 8 with twice-daily SFO-JFK and five-times-daily SFO-LAX flights. Fares will start at $44 one way in coach and $149 in first class, excluding taxes and charges, and Virgin America will offer "the most advanced in-flight entertainment system in the skies," Reid said. Jul 20, 2007 Virgin America Virgin America, the new U.S.-based start up carrier launched by Virgin Atlantic proprietor Richard Branson, on Thursday announced it's route schedule and began the sale of tickets, with fares starting as low as $44 one way. 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