TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Saturday marked 10 years since AirTran Airways officially shut down after being purchased by Southwest Airlines. But the now-defunct airline will always have a special connection ...

Ten years ago Saturday, an AirTran Airways Boeing 717 lifted from the ground into the night sky above Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport for the final flight of the scrappy underdog carrier. It ...

On Sunday, Southwest Airlines finally shut down its AirTran Airways subsidiary, more than four years after it announced plans to acquire AirTran. This marked another major milestone in the ...

ATLANTA -- AirTran Airways isn't putting up a for-sale sign, but the CEO of the discount carrier said Wednesday it would consider a combination with another carrier if approached and if such a deal ...

Lacrosse is a highly physical, highly competitive sport that relies both on individual courage and on team-playing. It is the sport that paid ­AirTran chief executive Bob Fornaro's way through college ...

WASHINGTON -- Low-fare carrier AirTran will decide within the next four months on an additional "focus city" for its growing operation, the airline's chairman said. Joseph Leonard, also the ...

NEW YORK — Southwest's decision to buy AirTran will mean more routes and fewer delays and cancellations in small cities but higher fares in the Northeast and perhaps the end of the super-low sale fare ...

will begin air service from Gerald R. Ford International Airport in May, with two flights a day to Baltimore and one to Orlando. The official announcement from the Orlando-based airline will come at 2 ...

Delta Air Lines posted a $257 million second quarter loss on Wednesday and said it no longer forecasts a full-year profit amid the recession-induced travel slump. Meanwhile, rival AirTran Airways ...

In 2005, AirTran Airways became the first U.S. airline to offer passengers satellite radio among the in-flight entertainment options. But the XM satellite radio is about to be pulled out of AirTran ...