AirTran Holdings News

The parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air believes the company's smaller size relative to some of its bigger rivals is an advantage in a financially challenging environment.

AirTran Airways announced Tuesday that it has signed a multi-year deal to be the presenting sponsor of Marquette University athletics and a premier corporate partner of Marquette University.

A federal agency that deemed a tentative lease deal between Delta Air Lines Inc.

Omahans will soon have even more ways to get to the land of beer and brats. SkyWest Airlines announced Wednesday that it plans to offer three daily, nonstop flights between Eppley Airfield and Milwaukee.

Through midnight, tonight , AirTran and Delta offer a rock bottom sale price of just $46 each way between Atlanta and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The boss Gary Kelly: "Southwest Airlines is truly here as a member of this community" Scott Walker, Milwaukee County Executive takes it all in.

AirTran Airways will begin new daily service to Milwaukee, Wis. from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport , starting April 6, 2010.

By William Ng Jamaica is beefing up its airlift with new service from JetBlue, AirTran, and US Airways, in addition to the ramp-up of annual seasonal charters from Apple Vacations.

AirTran Airways has made new additions to its Milwaukee route network, including nonstop service from Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and expanded service to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport beginning April 6, 2010.

Airline shares rose modestly on Monday, benefiting from an analyst's upgrades of Continental , AirTran , and United parent UAL , along with oil prices that hovered around $77 a barrel.

AirTran Airways reported record revenue passenger miles and available seat miles for October.

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With Southwest now the new kid in town the competition is going to heat up with Midwest and AirTran and flyers are saying bring it on.

Airlines are looking to make a profit by raising fares and charging fees, but the news for travelers isn't all bad.

Midwest is offering sale fares to all of the cities it services, including Milwaukee, Orlando, and Washington, D.C. Fares start at $88 round-trip for travel from mid-November through spring 2010.

New nonstops to Jamaica and the Bahamas, Baltimore Ravens' partnership add to AirTran's growing profile at BWI-Marshall The latest Bureau of Transportation Statistics show AirTran Airways is the number two carrier in market share at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport .

Midwest's market share at the Milwaukee airport stood at 35.4 percent in September, up from 33 percent in July and August.

To someone dying of thirst, every cup looks half full, which helps explain why airline executives last week were brimming with hope that air travel is turning around even as they reported losses or the slimmest of profits for the third quarter.

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For U.S. airlines last quarter, small was good. The three smallest of the major carriers - Alaska Air Group Inc., JetBlue Airways Corp.