[Travelandtourism] Southwest announces which AirTran cities 'makethe cut'

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> From: pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com
> To: travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:32:33 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Southwest announces which AirTran cities	'makethe cut'
> 
> Hello Cheryl and everyone,
> 
>     It's another air travel option. That's all.
> 
> Peter Donahue
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> To: "travelandtourism" <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 11:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Southwest announces which AirTran cities 
> 'makethe cut'
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Yes but Peter, no everyone can afford Socialflights services either.
> 
> Leading the Way in Independent Travel!
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> > From: pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com
> > To: travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
> > Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:37:38 -0600
> > Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Southwest announces which AirTran cities 
> > 'makethe cut'
> >
> > Good morning everyone,
> >
> >     This is exactly why I suggested to Cheryl our conversation with Social
> > Flights. Airline route slashing is going on nation-wide with all airlines.
> > Social Flights is soon to announce community air service to a number of
> > cities once served by the airlines or who have never had air service of 
> > any
> > kind. It's good that we connected with them to insure that blind 
> > individuals
> > will be able to use public air charter services in addition to scheduled
> > airline routes. I'll be curious to see if they have anything to say about
> > Southwest's Airtran route slashing on their blog. All the best.
> >
> > Peter Donahue
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Reese" <atlanticstar1 at gmail.com>
> > To: "NFB Travel and Tourism Division List" <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 9:12 AM
> > Subject: [Travelandtourism] Southwest announces which AirTran cities
> > 'makethe cut'
> >
> >
> > Southwest Airlines today gave a final count on exactly how many AirTran
> > destinations will make the cut as it pushes forward with merging the
> > carriers.
> >
> > Southwest says that on Aug. 12, it will drop six more cities from 
> > AirTran's
> > route map. They are: Allentown, Pa.; Lexington, Ky.; Harrisburg, Pa.;
> > Huntsville, Ala.; Sarasota, Fla.; and White Plains, N.Y.
> >
> > AirTran had a relatively small presence at all six airports, but the news 
> > is
> > still likely to be devastating for local officials at those airports. The
> > pullout means several of those airports will be left without any 
> > meaningful
> > service on a low-cost carrier.
> >
> > One of those those airports is Harrisburg International, which lamented 
> > the
> > loss via an e-mail it sent its customers about an hour after Southwest's
> > announcement.
> >
> > "Obviously we are extremely disappointed that Southwest Airlines has 
> > decided
> > to discontinue AirTran service at Harrisburg effective August 12th,"
> > Harrisburg International says in the e-mail. "Since the service begin in
> > November 2008, more than 250,000 people have flown between Harrisburg and
> > Orlando at affordable fares. This region has demonstrated that low fare
> > service from Harrisburg will be supported. Fortunately, we have some time
> > before the service ends to reach out to other airlines who might have an
> > interest in serving this route."
> >
> > From the moment that Southwest's acquisition of AirTran was announced,
> > officials from AirTran's smaller cities expressed both concern and hope
> > about whether their airports would be blended into the Southwest network.
> >
> > Speculation on which AirTran cities would make the cut for Southwest had
> > been rampant in aviation circles since merger was announced, though it now
> > appears that the topic can be put to rest.
> >
> > With today's news, Southwest will end up paring a grand total of 15 cities
> > as it combines its route map with AirTran's.
> >
> > The other nine AirTran cities - all previously announced - that will not 
> > see
> > Southwest-branded flights as part of the merger are: Asheville, N.C.;
> > Atlantic City, N.J.; Bloomington/Normal, Ill.; Charleston, W. Va.;
> > Dallas/Fort Worth; Knoxville, Tenn.; Miami; Moline/Quad Cities, Ill.; and
> > Newport News, Va.
> >
> > Of course, there was good news out of today's announcement for some other
> > airports.
> >
> > Southwest announced "22 AirTran airports that will continue to operate and
> > will eventually join the Southwest route map ... ."
> >
> > Domestically, they are: Akron-Canton, Ohio; Branson, Mo.; Charlotte; 
> > Dayton,
> > Ohio; Des Moines; Flint, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Key West, Fla.;
> > Memphis; Pensacola, Fla.; Portland, Maine; Richmond, Va.; Rochester, N.Y.;
> > San Juan, Puerto Rico; Washington Reagan National and Wichita, Kan.
> >
> > And internationally, Southwest said it will keep the following AirTran
> > destinations: Aruba; Bermuda; Cancun, Mexico; Montego Bay, Jamaica; 
> > Nassau,
> > Bahamas; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic;
> >
> > Southwest says that AirTran service and employees at those 22 airports 
> > will
> > "convert to Southwest gradually over the course of AirTran's integration
> > into Southwest."
> >
> > Additionally, Southwest notes:
> >
> > Of the 69 cities AirTran served when Southwest acquired it on May 2, 2011,
> > 53 cities are planned to convert to full Southwest Airlines service.
> >
> > However, Washington Dulles was among the AirTran cities where Southwest
> > decided to discontinue AirTran service. But since Southwest also flies to
> > Dulles, its termination of AirTran's operation will not keep Dulles from 
> > the
> > carriers' post-merger route map.
> >
> > As for when fliers might begin to see an integrated operation, Southwest 
> > say
> > that Seattle will become "the first jointly served airport to fully 
> > convert
> > to Southwest." That will occur Aug. 12.
> >
> >
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