AirTran operated a total of 62 Boeing 737-700s throughout its short corporate life. 22 aircraft were leased from GECAS, and these aircraft can be distinguished by their customer code, which is 6N ...

ATLANTA — As AirTran Airways cuts flight capacity, it’s not grounding planes — it’s selling them. It’s a somewhat uncommon strategy in the struggling U. S. airline industry. Many carriers ...

Passengers will book on AirTran and step onto a plane painted in SkyWest colors. ... AirTran, SkyWest deal challenges traditional regional-airline model. Updated: Nov. 11, 2009, 9:03 p.m.

AirTran offered a unique take on the popular "low-cost carrier" model, competing mainly with Delta Air Lines (DAL 0.57%). ... Lastly, AirTran's planes all had business-class sections.

AirTran Airways' 717 aircraft accommodates 117 passengers and offers 12 Business Class seats, spacious EasyFit overhead bins and 100 percent fresh air circulated throughout the cabin.

The aircraft model has been a part of Southwest’s fleet for 33 years, ... Southwest flipped 88 Boeing 717s acquired through its purchase of AirTran Airways to Delta Air Lines in a 2012 ...

Southwest has 547 planes while AirTran has 138. Image. Gary C. Kelly, chief executive of Southwest Airlines, on Monday in Dallas. ... building success on a simple business model, ...

Southwest Airlines officially is "de-hubbing" the Atlanta hub it inherited from AirTran. Southwest also announced plans to add Southwest-branded service to the last three domestic AirTran cities ...

On Sunday, Southwest Airlines finally shut down its AirTran Airways subsidiary, more than four years after it announced plans to acquire AirTran. Fox Business Personal Finance ...

1.Good news for Airtran passengers and travel to/from/through Atlanta in general. Southwest has better service than AirTran, and lower fees (assuming that Southwest keeps the low/no-fee model, see ...