AirTran Airways Adds Nonstop Service Between Raleigh/Durham and Orlando
Posted on: Thursday, 30 August 2007, 12:20 CDT
ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. , today announced that it will add nonstop service between Raleigh/Durham, NC and Orlando, Fla. beginning February 14, 2008. Additionally, the low-cost carrier will offer more nonstop seasonal flights between Orlando and Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn., as well as Rochester, N.Y. With these additions, AirTran Airways will offer up to 64 daily departures from Orlando to 32 nonstop destinations.
"AirTran Airways is proud to continue its steady growth in Orlando with more flights to more destinations across the United States," said Bob Fornaro, president and COO for AirTran Airways. "We look forward to continued expansion in Orlando, and we welcome travelers on our flights with amenities including free XM Satellite Radio and Business Class seating on every flight."
AirTran Airways will fly modern, fuel-efficient Boeing 717s on the Raleigh-Durham to Orlando route.
AirTran Airways is growing faster than any other airline at Orlando International Airport. To help accommodate additional passengers, AirTran Airways recently moved to Terminal B and more than doubled automated check-in kiosks there to 27. Between the airport, maintenance facility and the airline's Orlando headquarters, approximately 750 AirTran Airways Crew Members work in Orlando.
The following nonstop flight options will be available between Orlando and Raleigh-Durham, beginning February 14:
Nonstop flights between Orlando and Raleigh-Durham From To Flight Departs Arrives Frequency Raleigh-Durham Orlando 464 9:45 a.m. 11:25 a.m. Daily Orlando Raleigh-Durham 467 8:45 a.m. 10:20 a.m. Daily
AirTran Airways, a Fortune 1000 company, offers passengers more than 700 affordable, daily flights to 56 destinations throughout the United States. The airline is the second-largest carrier at its hub, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and one of America's largest low-fare airlines. With more than 8,800 friendly Crew Members and free online booking on http:www.airtran.com, AirTran Airways makes travel both pleasant and convenient. The airline flies America's youngest all-Boeing fleet, composed of the fuel-efficient Boeing 737-700 and 717-200 aircraft. AirTran Airways was also the first to install XM Satellite Radio on a commercial aircraft and the only airline with Business Class seating on every flight. For more information, visit http://www.airtran.com/.
Media Contact: Tad Hutcheson tad.hutcheson@airtran.com 678.254.7442 Judy Graham-Weaver judy.graham-weaver@airtran.com 678.254.7448 David Hirschman david.hirschman@airtran.com 678.254.7465
AirTran Airways
CONTACT: Tad Hutcheson, +1-678-254-7442, tad.hutcheson@airtran.com, orJudy Graham-Weaver, +1-678-254-7448, judy.graham-weaver@airtran.com, or DavidHirschman, +1-678-254-7465, david.hirschman@airtran.com, all of AirTranAirways
Web site: http://www.airtran.com/
Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall
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