AirTran beats Midwest for D.C. airport slots/ Has New TA

[Old School 737]

AirTran beats Midwest for D.C. airport slots

The Business Journal of Milwaukee - 3:03 PM CDT Monday, May 21, 2007

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AirTran Airways has beat out four other airlines, including Midwest Airlines of Oak Creek, to win a pair of high-density slots at Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport.
AirTran Airways said as a result of the decision, it will add one round-trip flight between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport effective July 10.

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Midwest Airlines had filed an application to add service from Milwaukee, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
In addition to AirTran and Midwest, the Department of Transportation received applications from ATA Airlines for service from Chicago's Midway International Airport; Comair for service from Little Rock, Ark.; and US Airways for service from Pensacola, Fla.
In its decision, the agency said it selected AirTran's proposal over the four other carriers because it would provide the greatest competitive benefits.
Orlando, Fla.-based AirTran Airways (NYSE: AAI) serves General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, and its parent company, AirTran Holdings Inc., is attempting a hostile takeover of Midwest Air Group Inc. (AMEX: MEH).
Separately, AirTran Airways says it reached a tentative agreement over the weekend with its pilots' union, the National Pilots' Association, on a new 48-month collective bargaining deal.
The National Pilots' Association represents more than 1,500 pilots employed at AirTran.
The agreement must be approved by the union's board of directors, after which it will go to the union's membership for a ratification vote over the next 30 days. If the agreement is ratified, the contract will take effect July 1.

 

[Donsa320]

Ahh, MEH already has 4 MKE DCA slots and 3 BWI MKE slots. What is your point?

 

[mnboyev]

ahh...looks like MEH applied and didn't get approved for additional service......why so crabby.....who cares....I think he was just posting the news release...

 

[gt1900]

Hey Donsa... BWI isn't a slot controlled airport. MEH may have MKE-BWI flights, but so does AAI.. So, at least try to understand what you are talking about.... Second, You can bet that MEH wanted those DCA slots.. They are worth a ton of money. You can also bet that if MEH would have got those slots they would have used that as propoganda against AAI.. So yes, for AAI to get those slots, its a big deal.. They are worth a ton of money to AAI and big part of the reason AAI wants to buyout MEH....

 

[Old School 737]

I think he was just posting the news release...

True statement.

 

[Max Powers]

Donsa....Is the typical guy who constantly talks about his glory years and obsessively counts all the aircraft he has flown(hence his list of Aircraft flown). And of course loves to get paid next to nothing working in the training dept as an instructor (more likely annoys new hires about how much he knows and how much they don't and treats them like dirt).

DONSA for the love of GOD and everything holy quit aviation and go to the career you were made for WAL-MART welcomer.

 

[Donsa320]

Interesting responses. Yeah, glory days. Three mergers, one number from furlough, a near bankrupcy, paid in stock one month. Sure was a ball. Jeez.

 

[General Lee]

So what did Delta throw in there? A Comair flight from DCA to Little Rock? I could have guessed that outcome.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Taildragon]

Yawnn