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AirTran JetConnect was the brand name for AirTran Airways' regional airline service, which flew regional jet aircraft from AirTran's hub in Atlanta. Service was to short-haul markets where AirTran felt their Boeing 717 or Airbus A320 (with the latter type being operated by Ryan International for AirTran via contract) mainline jet aircraft were too large to economically operate.
ValuJet was founded in 1992 and began operations on October 26, 1993. It originally offered service from Atlanta to Orlando, Jacksonville, and Tampa with a single McDonnell Douglas DC-9-21 that previously belonged to Delta Air Lines. The first flight, Flight 901, flew from Atlanta to Tampa.
AirTran Airways was a low-cost airline in the United States that operated from 1993 until it was acquired by Southwest Airlines May 2nd, 2011.. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, AirTran Airways was established in 1993 as Conquest Sun Airlines by the management of two small airlines, Destination Sun Airways and Conquest Airlines, with Conquest Airlines co-founder Victor Rivas being heavily ...
A Delta aircraft clipped the tail of another plane Tuesday morning at the Atlanta airport.
A Delta jet with more than 200 people on board was evacuated on the tarmac at the Atlanta airport Friday morning after an engine issue prompted an aborted takeoff, airline and airport officials said.
Atlanta was a busy airport from its inception, and by the end of 1930, it was third behind New York City and Chicago for regular daily flights with sixteen arriving and departing. [22] Candler Field's first control tower opened March 1939. [23] The March 1939 Official Aviation Guide shows fourteen weekday airline departures: ten Eastern and ...
Delta Flight 295 bound for Tokyo “made contact with the tail of” Endeavor Air 5526 on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 10, Delta confirms. Delta Flight 295 bound for Tokyo collided with Endeavor ...
Delta Connection was founded in 1984 [5] as a means of expanding the Delta network to smaller markets via partnerships with regional airlines.. Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) began Delta Connection service on March 1, 1984, from their hub at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and soon had a substantial presence at Delta's hub at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.