Low Cost Airline News.For more airline news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Jul 10, 2006 Discount airlines mull flights to Mexico. More U.S. discount carriers are considering flying to Mexico. 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. , which already flies to seven destinations in Mexico, may receive more routes from the Department of Transportation. Jul 3, 2006 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 AirTran Airways Launches Additional Nonstop Service to the Gulf Coast. 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 resumed nonstop service between Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport (IATA: GPT, ICAO: KGPT) is a public airport located in northern Gulfport near Biloxi, in Harrison County, Mississippi, USA. In 2006, 797,845 total passengers utilized the airport, a 3.5% increase over 2005. and Tampa International Airport Tampa International Airport (IATA: TPA, ICAO: KTPA, FAA LID: TPA) is a public airport located six miles (10 km) west of the central business district of Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. . Jul 6, 2006 ATA Airlines ATA Airlines, Inc., formerly known as American Trans Air, is an American low-cost scheduled service and charter airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana. ATA operates scheduled passenger flights throughout the US mainland and Hawaii, as well as military and commercial charter ATA Airlines, which has expanded service to Hawaii over the past year, has posted a record 89.7 percent load factor for June. Privately held, Indianapolis-based ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment has shrunk traffic overall, shedding commuter operations in the Midwest, so that it's traffic is down 38 percent on capacity down 47 percent. "It's clearly a validation that we are currently targeting the right markets," said Senior Vice President Josef Loew Thursday. ATA June traffic at a glance: Revenue passenger miles: 387.4 million. Year before: 622.6 million. 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. : 431.8 million. Year before: 810.5 million. Load factor: 89.7 percent. Year before: 76.8 percent. Jul 6, 2006 EasyJet EasyJet has now won UK traffic rights to Istanbul. Istanbul is the latest destination for the budget airlines. Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, across the Bosporus on the Asian side of the city, and will introduce flights on 1 August from Luton, initially on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays increasing to daily from September 4. At four hours it will be easyJet's longest sector to date, the airline planning to use Boeing 737-700s. The airline is already established at Sabiha with a four times a week service from Basel. http://www.easyjet.com Jul 8, 2006 EasyJet EU Court Throws Out EasyJet Suit Against Air France-KLM Merger. Low-cost airline easyJet PLC saw its lawsuit challenging the EU antitrust approval of the merger between Air France and KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) Royal Dutch Airlines thrown out on Tuesday by the Court of First Instance. Jul 4, 2006 FlyGlobespan John Lennon airport, the somewhat controversially renamed Speke Liverpool Airport, is to gain daily services to Newark 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 next summer. FlyGlobespan, the rapidly expanding Edinburgh-based carrier, and a spin-off from the long established tour operator of the same name, is to introduce daily Boeing 757 flights on 25 May 2007. The aircraft will have a two-class layout, the premium area two-plus-two, an upgraded meal service, dedicated priority check-in and the use of the airport executive lounge. This will be the first ever long haul operation to and from Liverpool and is expected to gain a high profile in the "Big Apple". John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono is supporting the service and wished it well. http://www.flyglobespan.com Jul 8, 2006 Frontier Airlines Frontier Airlines Sees June Traffic Rise. Frontier Airlines Holdings Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRNT), is a United States based airline holding company. The company has headquarters in Denver, Colorado. Airline Holdings Certificated airline divisions and operations Frontier Airlines Frontier Airlines Reports Preliminary Record Traffic for June 2006. Frontier Airlines today announced preliminary traffic results for June 2006, reporting not only a record load factor for the month of June, but also the highest monthly load factor in the Company's history. Jul 6, 2006 GOL GOL - General Operating Language. Subsystem of DOCUS. [Sammet 1969, p.678]. Linhas Aereas Inteligentes GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes announces Traffic Statistics for June 2006, issued yesterday, July 6, by GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the last paragraph, second sentence, should read "GOL achieved a load factor of 76%" rather than "79%" as originally issued inadvertently. Jul 7, 2006 GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes GOL Announces Traffic Statistics for June 2006. GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes , Brazil's low fare, low cost airline, today released preliminary passenger statistics for the month of June 2006. System-wide passenger traffic increased 60%, while capacity increased 47% y-o-y. Jul 6, 2006 JetBlue Airways JetBlue June Traffic Rose 11.4 Percent. JetBlue Airways on Friday said June traffic rose 11.4 percent as the company increased carrying capacity carrying capacity the number of animal units that a farm or area will carry on a year round basis, including that needed for conservation of winter feed. Usually stated as dry cows or dry sheep equivalents per hectare. by 20.8 percent. Jul 7, 2006 Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Limited (Traditional Chinese: 甘泉香港航空有限公司 Oasis Hong Kong Airlines, a startup budget carrier, has won licenses to operate a number of European and USA routes and is to hold a press conference in London in August to confirm the first flight date, likely to be in October. The airline plans to operate five times per week from Gatwick with a lead in fare as low as [pounds sterling]75. The airline is also targeting Milan, Berlin, Cologne/Bonn and Oakland San Francisco Bay San Francisco Bay, 50 mi (80 km) long and from 3 to 13 mi (4.8–21 km) wide, W Calif.; entered through the Golden Gate, a strait between two peninsulas. . Behind the new carrier as chief executive is Stephen Miller, founder of Dragonair, who confirms that the airline's Boeing 747-400 aircraft will offer 81 luxury business class seats and 278 in economy. http://www.oasis-air.com Jul 8, 2006 Southwest Airlines Southwest raises fares but also plans more area flights. With rising fuel costs forcing many airlines to raise fares while slashing their flight schedules, Southwest Airlines also is raising fares, but those higher fares come with increased rather than reduced service in the Washington area. Jul 6, 2006 Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines Hikes Fares on High Fuel Prices. Southwest Airlines has raised fares by $3 or $10 for one-way trips, one of its largest increases ever, and boosted the limit on its refundable fare to $319. The weekend fare hike was the fourth broad fare increase by the nation's leading low-cost carrier this year and the ninth in the past two years. The company said it raised one-way fares by $10 on flights longer than 1,000 miles and $3 on flights of 751 miles to 1,000 miles. Shorter flights were not affected, said spokeswoman Paula Berg. Jul 5, 2006 Wizz Air Wizz Air announced the addition of nine new routes from Romania beginning with Targu Mures-Budapest from July 14. Flights from Bucharest Baneasa to Barcelona, Budapest, Dortmund, London Luton and Rome Ciampino, Arad to Milan Bergamo and Targu Mures Mu·re·  or Mu·reul to Barcelona and Rome Ciampino will begin on Jan. 15. All routes will operate thrice-weekly except for Bucharest-Ciampino, which will be four-times-weekly. Wizz also will launch a thrice-weekly Gdansk-Cork service on Dec. 15. Jul 7, 2006
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