AirTran – Budget Airline Guide

AirTran Airways

Spirit Airlines

AirTran Airways is a low-cost airline based in Orlando, Florida, USA and is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings. AirTran operates over 700 daily flights throughout the eastern USA and the Midwest, including over 200 daily departures from Atlanta. It is the world’s largest Boeing 717 operator. AirTran’s principal hub is at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

AirTran Airways currently flies to 52 destinations throughout the Bahamas and the United States. Upcoming schedule changes includes the addition of St. Louis, Missouri on May 8, San Diego, California on May 24, and Charleston, South Carolina on May 24, and Portland, Maine on June 7. These additions will bring AirTran’s destination count to 56.

AirTran Airways News

AirTran destinations include:

Akron-Akron-Canton, OH
Atlanta, GA
Baltimore/Washington, MD-DC
Bloomington/Normal, IL
Boston, MA
Buffalo/Niagara, NY
Charleston, SC
Charlotte, NC
Chicago, IL (Midway)
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
Dayton, OH
Daytona Beach, FL
Denver, CO
Detroit, MI
Flint, MI
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Ft. Myers, FL
Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas
Gulfport/Biloxi, MS
Houston, TX (Hobby)
Indianapolis, IN
Jacksonville, FL
Kansas City, KS-MO
Las Vegas, NV
Los Angeles, CA
Memphis, TN
Miami, FL
Milwaukee, WI
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
Moline/Quad Cities, IL-IA
New Orleans, LA
New York, NY (LaGuardia)
Newburgh, NY
Newark, NJ
Newport News/ Williamsburg, VA
Orlando, FL
Pensacola/Gulf Coast, FL
Philadelphia, PA
Phoenix, AZ
Pittsburgh, PA
Portland, ME
Raleigh/Durham, NC
Richmond, VA
Rochester, NY
San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA
Sarasota/Bradenton, FL
Savannah/Hilton Head, GA-SC
Seattle, WA
St. Louis, MO
Tampa, FL
Washington, D.C. (Dulles)
Washington, D.C. (Reagan)
Wichita, KS
West Palm Beach, FL
White Plains, NY

AirTran offers new routes to Mexico & Puerto Rico

May 25, 2012 By Budget Airline News

AirTran, a subsidiary of Southwest Airlines, has launched new international routes to Mexico and Puerto Rico.

On May 24, 2012, it began service from San Antonia, TX, to Mexico City and Cancun. Service from Austin, TX, to Cancun begins on May 25.

On June 3, 2012, AirTran will launch flights from Orange County, CA, to Cabo San Lucas and Mexico City.

In addition, on May 24 AirTran began its new service from Fort Lauderdale, FL, to San Juan, Puerto Rico with two flights per day.

Southwest Airlines now serving Atlanta

February 13, 2012 By Budget Airline News

Southwest Airlines officially began flights to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport on February 12, 2012. The budget airline will offer 15 daily flights from Atlanta to domestic destinations like Austin, Chicago, Washington, Denver, and Houston.

Southwest will also be adding direct flights from Atlanta to Las Vegas and Phoenix starting March 10, to Los Angeles starting June 10, and Louisville, Norfolk/Virginia Beach and Seattle on August 12.

Southwest’s new services to/from Atlanta are one of the first stages of its take-over of AirTran Airways. Southwest will gradually take over all AirTran flights over the nest two years.

Southwest to take over 22 AirTran destinations, drop 15

January 22, 2012 By Budget Airline News

US low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines has announced it will keep flying to 22 cities served by AirTran Airways but end flights to six other destinations. Southwest purchased competitor AirTran in 2011 and the two airlines are now being merged.

The newly terminated destinations are smaller cities and include Allentown and Harrisburg, PA, Lexington, KY, Sarasota, FL, Huntsville, AL, and White Plains, NY. Previously cut routes include Miami, FL, Knoxville, TN, Asheville, NC, Atlantic City, NJ. Bloomington and Moline, IL, Charleston, WV, and Newport News, VA.

In addition to the overlapping destinations, Southwest Airlines will take over AirTran flights to 22 cities plus destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean.

The 22 U.S. cities served by AirTran that will eventually switch to Southwest service: Flint and Grand Rapids, Mich.; Rochester, N.Y.; Pensacola and Key West, Fla.; Charlotte, N.C.; Dayton, Ohio; Richmond, Va.; Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C.; Memphis, Tenn.; Akron-Canton, Ohio; Wichita, Kan.; Des Moines, Iowa; Branson, Mo.; Portland, Maine.