Talk:AirTran Airways/Archive 1

Holding company
AirTran is not the former ValuJet. AirTran absorbed the company. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.199.190.104 (talk • contribs).
 * Indeed, the page immediately drops into a discussion of Valujet, and completely ignores the pre-merger history of AirTran. I think we should probably make a separate page for Valujet (which mentions the merger, of course) and move all the Valujet specific history there, and use this page for the pre- and post-merger AirTran.  That's primarily how the other airline pages seem to be set up.  Kaszeta 13:54, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Sorry I missed your comments when I added Correct page below. But I agree that you are correct and if you look, you will find that this change has happened.  Actually AirTran Holdings bought ValuJet and combined it with its Airways Corporation to form AirTran Airways.  As noted below, I'm going to move this page to the correct article, Air Tran Airways and move the AirTran Holdings material into a company article.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vegaswikian (talk • contribs).

The history part of this article is very poor, in my view. Clear contradiction in the box, which says that the company was founded in 1992 as Valujet, and then in the Early History part it says: "The airline was established in June 1993 and started operations on October 26, 1993 as Conquest Sun Airlines. It was renamed AirTran Airways in August 1994." Then, two paragraphs below that it says: "ValuJet was re-named AirTran Airways in 1997. This was done because the firm's public image never recovered from the crash of ValuJet Flight 592. On September 24, 1997 the parent company became AirTran Holdings Inc, and operations under new management began on September 1, 1998."

In the Wiki  Reverse  takeover article, it says "ValuJet Airlines was acquired by AirWays Corp. to form AirTran Holdings, with the goal of shedding the tarnished reputation of the former."

It seems to me that such contradictory verbiage indicates that someone is trying to keep the old Valujet in the front of this article, instead of presenting a clear history of AirTran, which purchased the planes, routes and some of the employees of Valujet. Why? AirTran had nothing to do with that tragic accident in May, 1996, anymore than United Airlines was responsible for the previous accidents of Capital Airlines. Heavy bias/POV is rather strong here, in my view. EditorASC (talk) 12:36, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

NPOV issue with links?
Does the http://www.ityt.com/airtran/ link belong here? It's a very one-sided POV article, and I'm not sure that, as an encyclopedia, we should be linking to it, at least without some further explanatory text.

Perhaps a better approach is a subject on AirTran's safety, with perhaps that subject having a link? Or better yet, incorporate some of the links from the abovementioned page in a NPOV manner?

Thoughts?

Kaszeta 13:48, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Why does AirTran's site list minor incidents like a plan being hit by a baggage tug, and Delta has only three major crashes on the last 30 years? Is the WikiProject Airlines managed by laid-off Delta Pilots?
 * Previous unsigned comment by 68.223.6.219 11:51, 15 March 2006 (UTC)


 * A better place to raise concerns about airline articles is in WikiProject Airlines on the talk page. Vegaswikian 20:20, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Indecipherable sentence

 * "In 1995, the Department of Defense rejected ValuJet's bid to fly military personnel, says the carriers measures that provided short term fixes to problems instead of making long term changes was unacceptable."

Does anyone have any idea what this sentence is supposed to mean? It'd be great if someone could make it comprehensible. Deco 23:03, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Maybe "In 1995, The Department of Defense rejected ValuJet's bid to fly military personnel, citing unaccpetable flaws in the carrier's actions after numerous air accidents. The DoD said that they did not see the changes as long-term, siginificant changes but rather as short-term, symptomatic repairs."  I think this is about what they were trying to say. --Whosyourjudas (talk) 19:52, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)

A personal interpretation of a quote ("I think this is about what they were trying to say") is an opinion and therefore cannot reliably reflect the actual intent. ElevenX, 13:25, 1 Jun 2005
 * That may be, but anyone can make that change to improve the readability and if the information is wrong, then another editor can adjust the parts in error. That's how I was told this works.  Vegaswikian 18:02, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Correct page
Isn't this the name of the holding company and not the air line? The airline information should be moved to AirTran Airways which redirects here. Maybe just moving this page and building a corporate one from scratch by doing some cut and paste would be the easiest. Vegaswikian 21:50, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, after rereading this article, a lot of it needs to be moved to a Value Jet article. That's where most of the history actually belongs.  It is not AirTran Airways history.  Vegaswikian 21:53, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

AirTran Bashing, I smell an ex-Delta Pilot.
Why does AirTran's site list minor incidents like a plane being hit by a baggage tug, and Delta has only three major crashes on the last 35 years? Is the WikiProject Airlines managed by laid-off Delta Pilots? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.223.6.219 (talk • contribs)
 * No one manages any project, just the community. There is nothing preventing you from contributing to WikiProject Airlines and proposing criteria for listing incidents.  It is suggested that if you want to be a regular contributor that you get your own id to log in with.  Vegaswikian 20:00, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delta pilot bashing? I smell an AirTran pilot! Perhaps you could best contribute by summarizing and totaling a series of events and contributing fair representation to other articles.  Concur that ramp rash should likely not be included unless it resulted in a flight-related incident.  Dbchip 00:25, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

My edit vanished!
Without a trace, it's gone. I can't even find it in history. I spent a good hour adding and tweaking it a few months back and now it's as if it never existed... angrykeyboarder 10:53, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * It's not gone, it's still in the current version, though there is now another sentence or two before it. As a reminder, this was your change. -- Bovineone 15:44, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Merge Pages (ValuJet/AirTran)
I am suggesting that ValuJet Airlines be merged into AirTran Airways because they are the same company. The newer name of the two names should be kept, and this is AirTran Airways. I have placed the merge template on both pages.

The Merge would entail moving all relevant info from ValuJet Airlines into AirTran Airways and include a redirect on the ValuJet Page.

There is no need for multipule pages for the same content. D e  mos  D  e  mon  20:21, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

No Merge: I think the airline was a seperate entity, with it's own managment style, it was in a way a different airline, and I think everyone in the enthusiast community considers them separate, this would mean CP Air would be merged with the Canadian Airlines page. As well, if you look above on the enity part, it also states this. WestJet 18:36, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

No Merge: This issue was previously discussed and the community decided to split the two airlines into separate pages. The history section of the AirTran page clearly explains how the former ValuJet was merged into AirTran Airways, and now operates under the AirTran certificate of operations. If a reader is interested in learning more about ValuJet Airlines, the links to that page are clearly evident. Mcblowfish


 * Clearly they are/were two different companies and airlines. It's clearer for the reader to find out about the airline by reading an article about it and not about multiple airines. If there is some shared history, if should be briefly mentioned in one article and covered in detail in only one.  There is no need to merge these articles. Vegaswikian 22:36, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Focus cities
I found one source that lists Philadelphia International Airport, Baltimore-Washington International Airport, and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as focus cities. I could not find a list on the airline site. Do we have a source for any of the airports listed? If not, they should be removed from the infobox. Vegaswikian 19:27, 17 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't think there's an official list of AirTran focus cities anywhere, but I think they are beneficial to list if they're somewhat substantial. There's no use getting rid of them if there's no official list. I think Balt-Wash deserves to be on there, but Philadelphia and Dallas Fort-Worth do not have a lot of non-hub flights. I recently added Westchester County Airport to the list because AirTran increased their presence at the airport to 5 non-hub destinations, while Philadelphia has 4 and Dallas only has 3. Do you think there should be some sort of rule, such as it needs to have at least 5 non-hub destinations (meaning excluding Atlanta)? -Jondude11 02:46, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * There is no rule that I know of. What we are left with is WP:V.  So if there is no source, the other cities should be removed.  Vegaswikian 05:08, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * From here, Orlando, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago Midway, Tampa, and Dallas Fort/Worth (12) are listed as focus cities. That was the only source I was able to find after spending a while looking for this info.  Almost every other source is a mirror of wikipedia. That shows we should strive to be accurate.  So I'm going to update the article to reflect the above information.  If someone has a better source please disclose it.  Also note that this list stopped at 12 departures.  Maybe for this airline 12-15 departures could be a cutoff for listing a city as a focus city.  I'm not happy with the quality of the source I found.  Personally I'd drop focus cities from the infobox since apparently AirTran does not list focus cities.  If someone feels that it needs to be updated, then please provide a source for the infomation.  I did not find the source for my comment above that only listed 3 cities in this search. Vegaswikian 19:06, 19 October 2006 (UTC)


 * http://www.airtran.com/midwest/MEH%20Board%20Presentation_July2007.pdf lists what AirTran Airways considers focus cities. To us, anything with 5 or more destinations serviced directly is a focus city.  We also consider Baltimore and Orlando to officially be mini-hubs.  Read the presentation, it is quite interesting. Werecowmoo 13:36, 01 August 2007 (UTC)

Merger (AirTran Holdings/AirTran Airways)
I am suggesting this merger as the former article contains very little unique data, and it only has one principle redirect. The former article would become a redirect. &mdash;Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 04:26, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. The holding company is not known for any other reason it seems. -- Bovineone 15:25, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Support, per nomination --Mhking 17:20, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The parent company is traded on the NYSE and under curent criteria should have an article. What is wrong with having an article about an NYSE listed company?  As an encylopedia, if someone is looking for information about the NYSE company, the current setup allows them to get that directly.  If they want the airline, they get that directly.  If combined, they would have to try and sort out the information they need from a combined article.  If there is currently duplication, then it should be removed from one article. Vegaswikian 19:56, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose, agree with Vegaswikian about merger of AirTran Holdings to AirTran Airways. Sox23 03:02, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Support, with qualifications. As the page now stands, there's not enough differing content to justify a separate page. However, given the possible bid for Midwest Airlines, it might be best to wait, and see if the two airlines are merged, or remain separate. If they remain separte entities within the holding company, then it would make sense not to merge the articles. In the meantime, those opposing the merge might do well to increse the content on the holding company's page, such as adding a company infobox, and any info on the company not related directly to the airline. - BillCJ 20:45, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Decision
After 12 days, theres is no clear consensus, and only one vote since Dec. 14. Therefore, I am removing the tags. - BillCJ 02:09, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Just a vote for the future in case this comes up again-- I would support a merger.--Gloriamarie 02:12, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

More info about Midwest merger proposal
There is very little information here concerning the proposed AirTran/Midwest merger. On the Midwest Airlines page, there is a nice amount of information provided. It would be great to have more info added here.Gittinsj 04:01, 30 March 2007 (UTC)gittinsj
 * added AirTran/Midwest merger section and includes same info found in Midwest Airlines article. Sox 23 14:16, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

LAS focus city
Could we call McCarran airport a focus city? Airtran has a lot of future destinations from there. I posted this on the McCarran Airport talk page, too.
 * I suggest moving the discussion to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Airports since this needs to be better defined for all uses of this term. There have been edit wars in the past over the definition.  Vegaswikian 23:59, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

LAS focus city reply
It's not really focus city seeing that it doesnt have any connections. Much like LAX or DEN, its just one of Airtran Airways' top vacation destinations.

MCO is not a hub
The definition of airline hub states, "An airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. It is part of a hub and spoke model, where travelers moving between airports not served by direct flights change planes en route to their destinations." The problem with MCO being a hub for Airtran Airways is that it does not have connections which serve other cities. There are 114 daily departures/arrivals but they are all direct flights into MCO or out of MCO, none of which connect to another city. In fact, of these 114 departures/arrivals, almost 50 of them are a shuttle to and from Atlanta. Werecowmoo 16:42, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * On the same site, it says Secondary Hub is a "non-technical" term for Large Focus City...that is what MCO is. The point you're making is that BWI should be considered a Hub then since it transfers passengers, whereas Orlando International is a huge focus city for AirTran. Sox 23 16:54, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Near the end of discussion, says it is fair to call MCO a "secondary hub": http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/3501108/?searchid=3501108&s=AirTran#ID3501108

Sox 23 23:35, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

BWI is a hub
The definition of airline hub states, "An airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. It is part of a hub and spoke model, where travelers moving between airports not served by direct flights change planes en route to their destinations." BWI does fit this definition very well in that it frequently connects passengers between RSW, ATL, FLL, TPA, MCO, BOS, MKE, DAY, ROC, SEA, and PWM with other flights to/from these cities. Werecowmoo 16:42, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Holdings/Airways Page Merger- Vote #2
AirTran Holdings only business is AirTran Airways and is simply the parent company of the airline, much like a bank holding company is the parent of the operating bank (i.e. JPMorganChase & Co. owns JPMorganChase Bank, NA). Yet, in those cases, two articles portraying the two as separate entities does not exist. The same should be true in this case. --Rbyrd8100 18:26, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. The holding company is not known for any other reason it seems. -- Bovineone 16:45, 19 July 2007 (UTC)


 * We still need to address the fact that the holding company itself is listed on the stock exchange. Since many if not most of the US airlines are setup this way it is not unreasonable to retain articles like this as a part of a series of like articles. Then this news release shows the proposed acquisition is by the holding company and not the airline. Their last 10Q states that they have other subsidiaries besides the airline.  They are trying to acquire another airline and how that will be integrated is not completely clear, but I suspect it will be combined with the existing airline. Even with that, it will probably be operating two airlines for a year or so since it may take that long to get a combined operating certificate or merge the fleets is some other way. The holdings company is Nevada  corporation, the airline is a Delaware corporation with both having their headquarters in Florida. Vegaswikian 19:54, 19 July 2007 (UTC)


 * One example of AirTran Holdings having more than one subsidiary is the Galena Corp. This is the branch of the company who is "technically" attempting the merger.Werecowmoo 02:34, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Vegaswikian 23:11, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * OpposeWerecowmoo 20:30, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose Sox 23 21:08, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Support. This page should be named "airtran airways", but the company box on the right should say AirTran Holdings. An example of this is the XM radio wikipedia page, which also has the "holding" company issue. Brandith8 04:16, 27 July 2007 (UTC)


 * It should be noted that Galena Corp's primary function is the servicing/support of the Airline and has no public presence, operation, marketing, or is known by anyone outside the company. Rbyrd8100 04:21, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * So what better place to document it then in an article on the parent? As an encyclopedia presenting everything about a company makes sense.  If other parts become notable, then they get an article.  In the meantime, they start with a mention in the parent and grow as needed.  Vegaswikian 05:47, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Galena was incorporated March 24, 1999. Werecowmoo 05:14, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
 * You are right, Galena content should be incorporated, no one is suggesting deletion of contents, just merging for simplicity and less confusion. Rbyrd8100 17:48, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Atlanta Airport
We are travelling on Air Tran Flt # 653 and connecting with Ft. 63. This seems like a tight connection to me and would like to know how far it is between arrival and departure gates? My Mom will be using a wheelchair.

I would appreciate any information you can provide me.


 * depends on which gate you arrive at and which gate you depart out of- all of AirTran is in Concourse C at Hartsfield so that saves you the time of transfering concourses...it is unpredictable basically Sox 23 00:35, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Secondary Hubs
Airtran has no secondary hubs and if you cant source your information then dont put it on. Until you can provide sources then im gonna have to undo it. Orlando and Baltimore are focus cities. 76.16.109.18 20:51, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * See "MCO is not a hub" section.

History section
Wikipedia is not Wikinews, and we should not, and need not, list each and every thing that happens to the company over the course of running their business. This history section needs to be trimmed significantly. -- Zim Zala Bim talk  22:04, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Attempted to move some thing around to make it more of a readable article instead of just a laundry list. Most information is still there (only deleted a small amount of material) but moved into subsections.Werecowmoo (talk) 03:37, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

NEW ROUTES
Do these need to be mentioned anywhere: lga-dab, lga-mco, mke-lax, mke-lga, mke-sea, bwi-btv, bwi-lax? Werecowmoo (talk) 13:48, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I've taken care of it. Sox 23 22:44, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, figured I'd let someone else do it since I was stuck there all day!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Werecowmoo (talk • contribs) 04:36, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Expert Required
Why aren't we seeing an expert check the Focus Cities on this article? What's the use of having all of the resources and quality enhancement tools/suggestions Wikipedia provides if we don't use them?? QualityControl3533 (talk) 06:22, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
 * No AirTran "experts" probably check this. Sox 23 23:24, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * The description of the expert tags and one in particular calls on the project members of which I am not one at this point to GO GET ONE. All of you complain about changes but then you're not willing to email them and ask like you brought up or to find an expert to actually check the article. QualityControl3533 (talk) 01:29, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I personally don't care enough to email AirTran asking them what their focus cities are...somebody else can if they really want to. Not to sound rude but I'm busy enough. Sox 23 03:18, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yea. There's substantially more to my life than Wikipedia as well so I understand. I was only pushing the issue myself because of the initial disatisfaction I recieved on my own research but if you're cool with it, I don't care, and Dhammerindy seems to have backed away, so I'll remove the tag and this will be how it is. QualityControl3533 (talk) 03:32, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry for sounding so on edge- theres just been a lot of crap going on in my life lately. You can remove the tag. We'll put if back up if someone changes the article again. Sox 23 03:38, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Maybe this will help. These are the cities with the 10 most flights yesterday:
 * ATL 235, BWI 56, MCO 53, MKE 30, BOS 23, TPA 17, LGA 16, MDW 15, FLL 13, IND 12
 * And last month totals:
 * ATL 6607, BWI 1339, MCO 1733, RSW 649, TPA 617, MKE 562, BOS 529, FLL 560. User:Werecowmoo|Werecowmoo]] (talk) 16:12, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Flight numbers for yesterday: ATL 234, MCO 58, BWI 54, MKE 30, BOS 20, LGA 17, TPA 17, MDW 15, IND 14, FLL 13. Werecowmoo (talk) 18:46, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Flight numbers for yesterday: ATL 234, MCO 58, BWI 54, MKE 30, BOS 20, LGA 17, TPA 17, MDW 15, IND 14, FLL 13. Werecowmoo (talk) 18:46, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Founding Date
Founding date in infobox does not match what is in the article copy. This needs to be fixed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.141.228.112 (talk) 12:58, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Newark ending??
I was searching through some news releases earlier and it was announced that AirTran will be ending all of its flights out of EWR effective October 25th but i could still book flights from Newark to Atlanta way past October 25. Is this still speculation or is it official? Also, AirTran did not announced this in their press releases. Thanks! 74.183.173.237 (talk) 07:17, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * == It's official. AirTran is switching slots with Continental.  AirTran gets more room at LGA and DCA while Continental gets slots/gates at EWR.Werecowmoo (talk) 20:18, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

First sentence
The first sentence of this article is an absolute train wreck. There must be a way to make it less painful to read without removing relevant info. Future2008 (talk) 01:22, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

IND-LAS service
I am not sure if this is a new route that begins March 4th or if the route was served seasonally in the past and it will be resumed March 4. I just saw the route being resumed March 4 but not sure if it was seasonal or not. Snoozlepet (talk) 01:12, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Focus City listing
Need an expert to resolve content dispute....User continues to remove focus cities airports as those have references included. Thanks! Snoozlepet (talk) 20:30, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * One reference is no longer linked to Airtran website and never included all of the cities tha you ment to source with it and newer sources only call MCO, BWI, and MKE Focus Cities and don't refer to the others as such. This is plain and simple. Stop trying to manufacture facts based on your own opinions for this encyclopedia when you're no more important or entitled than other free editor. Editor800 (talk) 16:40, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

ValuJet 592
This article's "History" section fails to mention the crash of ValuJet Flight #592 that crashed in the Florida Everglades, killing 110 people. With all the information about Mesaba, ValuJet and Airtran's many acquisitions, name changes, etc., it seems odd to me that such a significant event in the company's history would be left out. Since the crash was one of the main reasons the airline changed its name, it is definitely worth mentioning in the article's history. The article is protected right now, but somebody with the authority to do so should make the change. Having a link at the bottom of the page to "related incidents" is definitely not sufficient. 69.23.45.242 (talk) 22:59, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Valujet 592 occurred with ValuJet, not Airtran. Airtran bought Valujet. WhisperToMe (talk) 12:53, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

That's not right. According to the article (which appears accurate), ValuJet bought AirTran and kept the AirTran name. But it's still very much the same company. It's misleading--at the very least--to not mention the crash in this article. 98.167.207.78 (talk) 04:41, 14 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Right. Valujet bought Airtran, and after this article says things like "At the end of 1995, ValuJet was named as the top company in the Georgia 100 as published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the airline posted high margins with a $67 million net profit on revenues of $367 million.", it needs to have some explanation about why the combined company took the AirTran name. Surely the fact that the airline was grounded by the FAA between June 16, 1996 and September 30th is worthy of mention.--Prosfilaes (talk) 15:23, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

New Routes Chart
Can I add this I have a source now:

New Routes
 * Daily non-stop service from Grand Rapids (GRR) to Fort Myers (RSW) begins June 12, 2010
 * Daily non-stop service from Grand Rapids (GRR) to Tampa (TPA) begins June 12, 2010
 * Daily non-stop service from Milwaukee (MKE) to New Orleans (MSY) begins October 7, 2010
 * Daily non-stop service from Milwaukee (MKE) to Sarasota (SRQ) begins November 18, 2010

MY SOURSE: http://www.airtran.com/route-map/new_routes.aspx —Preceding unsigned comment added by airtran371 (talk) 00:07, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

AirTran officially opens 2nd Hub
Airline just announced opening of offical hub at MKE. Info is available at following links:

http://www.wisn.com/travelgetaways/23071470/detail.html http://www.jsonline.com/business/90004402.html http://www.insideairtran.com/?p=2702

I am horrible at adding citations if someone could take care of this.

Werecowmoo (talk) 11:57, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Testing Picture
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Airtran371 (talk • contribs) 00:54, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Check for COI from User:Airtran371
Lots of recent edits from this user, most of which is copied straight from the AirTran website and sounds like advertising. I've removed all of these edits for now and tried to make a few things (such as the livery) usable. The awards section needs to be checked also, but I can't do that myself. Werecowmoo (talk) 15:48, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The article seems to have received a whitewash in recent times. Especially removal of detail about AirTran's early history as ValueJet. Of course, the airline itself wants to distance itself from ValueJet. -- Lester  21:50, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
 * User readded promotional materials. Reverted back to a previous edition  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.133.206.2 (talk) 12:38, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Instead of reverting, next time it happens, delete the sections in question. Your revert also took out some of the rework I did to the Cabin section. —C.Fred (talk) 14:03, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree, it's dreadful and reads like advertising. Not acceptable. --John (talk) 22:50, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Better now? --John (talk) 01:35, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Berck, 27 September 2010
edit semi-protected

"On April 6, 2010 AirTran Airways opened its second crew base, at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, the same day they also announced that Milwaukee is officially there second hub."

Should be "their".

Berck (talk) 18:52, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. Thanks! Salvio  Let's talk 'bout it! 19:52, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Aitran is a part of Southwest
WhisperToMe (talk) 17:25, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * "AirTran Airways becomes part of the Southwest Family." - Archive
 * Southwest and AirTran will remain seperate carriers until a single operating certificate is achieved. Snoozlepet (talk) 01:44, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Headquarters?
Does anyone have a source saying that AirTran moved its corporate headquarters from Orlando to Dallas? They are still 2 seperate carriers and those carriers are still headquartered in their pre-merger cities. If anyone can find a source saying that AirTran has officially moved its headquarters, then add. Snoozlepet (talk) 02:58, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Baltimore and Orlando (hub or focus city)
The infobox under "hubs" now lists Baltimore and Orlando as hubs now. However, the cited source given (http://www.airtran.com/common/pdf/CrewMember_QA.pdf) states that BWI and MCO are focus cities. Can anyone provide another source saying that Baltimore and Orlando are hubs now. Snoozlepet (talk) 20:57, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Future former hub
I put following text: : (future former hub) But other editor, JetBlast states incorrect as "Poor English!", so I needs new description for "future former hub (ATL)". Can you help me with new better description? Thanks. --B767-500 (talk) 04:39, 30 October 2011 (UTC)


 * you seem to keep coming here and making a mess of things with your bad English. "future former hub" does not make sense. Also if you read the source it says its reducing the flights by 13% and not closing the hub. --JetBlast (talk) 04:55, 30 October 2011 (UTC)


 * I reads my articles correctly. Sources is says hubs is going dismantled. Did you read source? --B767-500 (talk) 05:01, 30 October 2011 (UTC)


 * It seems best to me to just leave Atlanta listed as a hub and handle its downgrade in traffic in the section of the article about the Southwest merger. If I read it right, Atlanta won't cease to be an AirTran hub; however, when AirTran is fully integrated into the Southwest system, Atlanta will cease to be a hub, as Southwest doesn't run a hub-and-spoke system. —C.Fred (talk) 05:03, 30 October 2011 (UTC)


 * The latter is correct. Southwest doesn't have hubs, they have focus cities (which basically are hubs, it's more of a marketing thing than anything else). When the Southwest/Airtran merger is complete then we'll have to change the articles around (actually move the Airtran article into past tense and update the Southwest article with Airtran's fleet and "hubs/focus cities"). For now it is correct to describe ATL as an AirTran hub, because it is, and when the merger is complete it will still be listed as an Airtran hub when the entire article goes past tense.
 * As an aside, it really isn't a good idea to have the whole "JetBlast very dislikes" in the headline. We're here to focus on content not contributors.  N419 BH  05:43, 30 October 2011 (UTC)


 * You have good idea, which I respect it: remove "(JetBlast very dislikes)". Thanks. --B767-500 (talk) 05:51, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Once the airlines are fully combined and the AirTran name disappears completely, it will no longer be an AirTran hub but a focus city for Southwest. Snoozlepet (talk) 05:32, 3 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I think about the issues of ' future former hub ' and I thinks ATL will be always hub of AirTran, which article will switched to defunct. You can see example:

Article always grandfatherds hub at closure of airline. --B767-500 (talk) 08:00, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
 * ATA Airlines
 * Pacific Southwest Airlines

Headquarters
I see it's listed now that HQ is in Dallas. What's the source for that? —C.Fred (talk) 03:30, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Hat note
A while back I added a hat note, indicating that "Airtrans" redirects to this article, and providing a link to Vought Airtrans. This was removed with the explanation that "Airtran" (singular) leads to a redirect page. That's fine, except the people mover was called "Airtrans" (plural) not "Airtran," and I, for one, used the former to try and find the article. Please consider restoring the hat note. Thanks, -- Gyrofrog (talk) 13:57, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I re-added the hatnote. I'm not sure why it was removed.  &mdash;Comp dude 123 04:23, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Is MKE still a hub?
Does anyone know if Milwaukee is still a hub for AirTran? I know AirTran only flies to 2 year-round routes and 1 seasonal route out of that airport now. I know that most of AirTran's operations have been switch to Southwest but I don't know if it is still a hub. 68.119.73.36 (talk) 23:37, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Ceased date
Please note that the airline is still operating (which is planned to cease operating in December 2014). Do not put the date that it ceased in the infobox until it actually happens. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball for predications. It can be mentioned somewhere in prose. 68.119.73.36 (talk) 22:17, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 December 2014
Add Cease Operations 2014

98.230.219.175 (talk) 18:12, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you elaborate upon that please? What do you want changed to what?  George Edward C  –  Talk  –  Contributions  18:24, 28 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  18:25, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 December 2014
Ceased Operations 12/28/2014

Y because today is actually the last day, and I thought putting the info up as a early release could be really helpful. Daleparalacalle (talk) 03:38, 29 December 2014 (UTC) http://www.dallasnews.com/business/airline-industry/20141227-now-departing-airtran-airways-flies-off-into-the-sunset-after-southwest-merger.ece http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-trb-airtran-southwest-farewell-20141223-story.html
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. — &#123;&#123;U&#124;Technical 13&#125;&#125; (e • t • c) 13:25, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Gramatical change request
In the first paragraph there's an extra "with" at the end of the first sentence: "and was a subsidiary of Southwest Airlines, with which it integrated with."

I would have removed the extra "with" but the page is protected.

Thebarnesology (talk) 12:29, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Firsts
It would be nice to see a list of firsts, such as: First airline to install cargo fire protection systems on all of its planes First airline to install bulletproof cockpit doors after 9/11/2001 First airline to have xm radio installed on entire fleet First airline to have a high percentage of internet bookings (needs citation) Dmp717200 (talk) 22:51, 3 January 2015 (UTC) dmp717200 Dmp717200 (talk) 22:51, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

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