AirTran Holdings Inc. appealed directly to shareholders Thursday with a sweetened offer of about $345 million in cash and stock for rival Midwest Air Group Inc. after the regional carrier rebuffed its ...

After retracing the same route that ValuJet inaugurated service on in 1993, the final AirTran Airways flight blocked in at Tampa International Airport at 11:39 PM ET Sunday night. The completion of ...

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 ...

AirTran offered a unique take on the popular "low-cost carrier" model, competing mainly with Delta Air Lines (DAL 1.26%). AirTran's demise thus narrows the choices available for travelers. However, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Saturday marked 10 years since AirTran Airways officially shut down after being purchased by Southwest ...

Discount carrier AirTran Airways is set to order as many as 114 narrow-body jets from Boeing Co. and aircraft lessors, according to sources familiar with the situation. The rapidly growing unit of ...

When AirTran’s final flight — AirTran Flight 1 from Atlanta to Tampa, Fla. — lands on Sunday night, it will close the book on Southwest’s acquisition that started more than four years ago. And it will ...

AirTran Airways and travel technology supplier AgentWare today announced the low-fare carrier soon would provide fares directly to the latter's travel agency clients. This is the second direct-connect ...

Southwest Airlines in September took over corporate sales functions from AirTran, but it could take years for the company to fully incorporate both carriers into preferred corporate airline agreements ...

MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) -- Spirit Airlines Inc. says that former AirTran Airways chairman and CEO Robert Fornaro will join its board Friday. Fornaro held marketing and planning jobs at US Airways and ...

A history of Southwest and AirTran: 1967: Texas investors incorporate Air Southwest Co., a commuter airline serving that state. 1975: Company goes public, name changes to Southwest Airlines. 1979: ...