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I don't know if this is a lost cause, because it happened more than two years ago.

“We planned to enjoy ourselves and live out our dream. It's not going to happen”

Dream vacation plans have been shattered for a Wood county couple after an airline filed for bankruptcy. via WNWO-TV Toledo

Another icon in American airline history has passed from the scene. Founded in 1946 with a single, used C-47, by publisher Ruddy Tongg as Trans-Pacific Airlines, his little airline grew to operate 27 B-737's to ... via Rand peck, a life aloft

Stranded ATA passengers had limited options Wednesday. The airline said: * Passengers should seek alternative travel arrangements on their own. via Chicago Tribune

“The primary focus for the next few days will be to help stranded ATA passengers find return flights to the U.S. mainland”

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“I've been all over the world. This is the first time we've gotten stuck.”

The collapse of ATA Airlines Inc. Thursday stranded numerous passengers at Oakland International Airport and severed the East Bay's direct air travel connections to the Hawaii islands. via Monterey County Herald

“For a while, we really helped ATA carve out a good niche for itself.”

The news that privately held ATA airlines has filed for bankruptcy and ceased all operations hit veteran Chicago ad man Bernie Pitzel hard Thursday. via Courier-News

A brief history of ATA via IndyStar.com

Apr. 03, 2008--ATA Airlines, Inc. today announced that it has filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. via Union-Sun & Journal

Dallas Business Journal - by I-Chun Chen Interim Web Editor ATA Airlines Inc. will no longer fly out of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport beginning April 14 and will eliminate 18 jobs in the area. via Dallas Business Journal

“This was a difficult decision, but the high cost of fuel has made it economically unfeasible to continue our low-fare service at Midway”

The increasingly-high costs of doing business have resulted in ATA Airlines pulling its service from Chicago's Midway Airport, and reevaulating its business model. via Aero-News Network

“To achieve substantial growth we are currently evaluating selective and strategic possibilities.'”

The dismantling of ATA Airlines in Indianapolis could continue if the carrier sells off its regular passenger business as part of a broad plan to raise cash for the New York hedge fund that bought the carrier. via The Indianapolis Star

“Sometimes, the discounted price takes the place of other awards, including frequent flier miles.”

Dear Travel Doctor: Is there any way to fly from Detroit to Sicily without taking three flights? -- Italy Hurry Dear Hurry: Most travelers exhaust themselves flying from Detroit to Amsterdam, then to Rome, then ... via Detroit Free Press

“About 9 percent of our [ATA] business is under huge pressure”

More than 18 months after flying out of a bankruptcy reorganization that unloaded $ 1 billion of debt and costly aircraft leases, the parent of ATA Airlines still finds landing a profit elusive. via Airport Business

ATA airlines has begun a Mainland fare sale that includes one-way fares to Los Angeles for as low as $134. The air carrier said it was discounting fares for travel through March 7 for people making purchases ... via The Honolulu Advertiser

Introducing ATA's Winter Fly Away Sale, featuring super sale fares to special places for travel now through March 7, 2008! Included are sale fares from more than 50 cities served directly by ATA Airlines and ... via Market Wire