AirTran Holdings News

The International Association of Machinists failed in its bid for a representation election among AirTran Airways reservations and airport workers because the union did not submit enough signed cards from interested workers.

Arne G. Haak, Senior Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc.

AirTran Airways could have a major impact on Lexington's Blue Grass Airport and the area it serves, especially when it comes to lower fares and increased passenger counts, says an official at an Ohio airport where the low-cost carrier is dominant.

It's time to give thanks. There are reasons to be grateful. Recent positive GDP growth, even if it was revised slightly downward for the third quarter on Tuesday, remains a good sign.

Budget air carriers have been snatching up travelers and market share from troubled legacy carriers for the better part of two decades, and now they're whipping them on the Internet, too.

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J., Mar. 23 -- Gov. Jon S. Corzine, D-N.J., issued the text of the following speech: AirTran Airways will become the newest air link in Atlantic City and the southern New Jersey region, Governor Jon S. Corzine announced today as he welcomed company officials to Atlantic City International Airport.

A computer glitch was causing flight cancellations and delays around the country Thursday, although the specific problem in a Federal Aviation Administration computer system seemed to have been fixed Thursday morning.

A major computer glitch in Federal Aviation Administration computers in Atlanta and Salt Lake City Thursday morning forced cancellations and caused delays at airports across the country, but was having minimal impact on Pittsburgh International Airport , a spokeswoman said Thursday morning.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that a four-hour network failure has been resolved, though flight delays and cancellations are expected to continue to affect across the eastern United States.

The Federal Aviation Administration says a glitch in its flight plan computer system has been repaired.

Delta, JetBlue and AirTran flights delayed or canceled at OIA. , November 19, 2009 A computer glitch in the Federal Aviation Administration's office in Atlanta has been fixed - but flight delays persist across the country.

Thursday AirTran Airways announced that it had to cancel 38 flights and postpone dozens more because of a computer glitch at the Federal Aviation Administration.

A major computer glitch in Federal Aviation Administration computers in Salt Lake City Thursday morning forced cancellations and caused delays at airports across America, including Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport .

Discount carrier AirTran Airways, a unit of AirTran Holdings Inc., said Friday that it will offer double reward credits to all of its frequent-flier club members when they travel between Milwaukee and any AirTran destination through Feb.

A glitch in the computer system that processes U.S. flight plan data was causing delays in the United States but there were no safety issues, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday.

Air travelers nationwide scrambled to revise their plans Thursday after an FAA computer glitch caused widespread cancellations and delays for the second time in 15 months.

Carmen McDonald said she thought her Spirit Airlines flight would leave on time -- around 7 a.m. ET Thursday from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Advertisements are seen on the on the bottoms of seat-back tray tables. AirTran expects the ads to be on its 138 planes within weeks.

Commercial airlines in the United States, including Delta Air Lines Inc. , reduced the number of employees on their payrolls working full-time during September, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation 's Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

The new owners of Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines , Republic Holdings Inc ., today announced that the shrinking airline will soon begin growing again with new service to Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina and San Francisco.