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The Airliner For The Next Century
AirTran is the proud launch customer of Boeing's MD-95 aircraft. The state-of-the-art MD-95 is designed to be the most efficient, most reliable, quietest and cleanest aircraft ever built. The airline has a firm order for 50 planes with the option to purchase an additional 50 -- a $1 billion dollar order on which progress payments are already being made.
In May 1997, workers lowered the MD-95s center fuselage barrel into place -- thus, beginning the final assembly of the first aircraft.
Meanwhile in Dahlewitz, Germany, the MD-95 BR715 engine -- built by BMW Rolls Royce -- is running in the initial phases of its development and certification program.
Not only is the MD-95 the most advanced aircraft in the world, it is arguable the most customer-friendly. AirTran's MD-95 is the only new 100-seat airplane with 100 percent fresh outside cabin air (no re-circulation) supplied to its customers.
According to AirTran CEO Corr, "the MD-95 will be the yardstick that all other airplanes are measured against. The aircraft is simply the most advanced of its kind. There is no better aircraft on this planet."
Delivery of AirTran's first MD-95 is slated for June 1999.
Internet Site
The AirTran Internet site, with URL of www.airtran.com, is currently being designed by Interweb, Inc. of Atlanta. Interweb, in conjunction with BellSouth, is providing the technical expertise to create the most sophisticated airline Web site today.
By the end of this year, AirTran's Internet site will accept real time on-line bookings for travel anywhere throughout AirTran's route system. In addition, e-mail capabilities will provide customers with notification of special fares and information.
Keep checking www.airtran.com for the latest deals to your favorite destinations and for the most recent news on the airline.
AirTran's FlightLink Service:
Accessibility To Affordable Fares
AirTran is the first airline in the southeast to initiate intermodal ground transportation for air travelers.
AirTran's FlightLink offers access to affordable air fares for travelers in the Chattanooga, Tennessee and Macon and Dalton, Georgia metropolitan areas.
Travelers enjoy the comfort of FlightLink's 47-seat, air-conditioned motor coach vehicles, operated in conjunction with Greyhound Lines, Inc.
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