Low Cost Airline News.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 Joseph Leonard, AirTran Airways' 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. , is the 2006 recipient of the Tony Jannus Antony Habersack Jannus, more familiarly known as Tony Jannus (1889-1916), was an early American pilot who piloted the first flight of the St Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line on January 1, 1914. Award. He is receiving the honor "for his outstanding achievements, perseverance and 30 years of aviation excellence." The award is named for the man who piloted the first commercial passenger flight from St. Petersburg to Tampa, covering 21 mi. in 23 min. Mar 22, 2006 DBA DBA opens its 20th German domestic route May 8 when it launches Dusseldorf-Dresden twice-daily service. Mar 24, 2006 Flynordic, Finnair Flynordic, Finnair's Stockholm-based low-cost subsidiary, faces significant challenges in adapting to new market realities in Sweden. "Every airline is losing money [there], including us," Finnair CEO Jukka Hienonen Jukka Antero Hienonen (born on August 9, 1961) is a Finnish businessman. He is currently the CEO of Finnair, and a former Vice President of Stockmann. Hienonen lives in the city of Kauniainen with his wife and two daughters. He is fluent in Finnish, English, Swedish and Russian. told in Helsinki. "The Swedish market has changed." Asked how much time remains for Flynordic to improve its results, he said, "more important than time is to find the right direction. We need more efficiency on the route network and frequencies. We want to have black figures." Sweden's second-largest carrier, Flynordic transported 1.2 million passengers last year and currently operates a fleet of eight MD-83s. In February it carried 90,400 passengers, up 4.9% from last year. Mar 20, 2006 JetBlue Airways For the Jet Blue database used in Exchange Server and Active Directory, see Extensible Storage Engine. JetBlue Airways is a major American low-cost airline owned by JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU). JetBlue will create Logan base. JetBlue Airways plans to turn Boston into its fourth base for pilots and flight attendants, the Boston Globe reported. The company is expected to make the announcement today. The move could create jobs and improve service at the airport. Mar 24, 2006 JetBlue to launch service to Pittsburgh, Jacksonville. JetBlue will start service to Pittsburgh and Jacksonville, Fla., in June. The new service is part of the airline's plan to return to its original business plan of serving midsized cities from its hub at New York's Kennedy International Airport Noun 1. Kennedy International Airport - a large airport on Long Island to the east of New York City Kennedy Interrnational, Kennedy Long Island - an island in southeastern New York; Brooklyn and Queens are on its western end . Mar 20, 2006 JetBlue Airways continued its Northeast expansion yesterday with the announcement of a four-times-daily 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-Pittsburgh service, a twice-daily Boston-Pittsburgh service and thrice-daily Boston-Buffalo flights beginning June 30 aboard its new Embraer 190s. It also will launch thrice-daily JFK-Jacksonville service on June 15 with A320s. Mar 20, 2006 |
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