In a message dated 3/3/03 10:31:24 PM US Mountain Standard Time, bahadiracuner@yahoo.com writes: > Very very smart move from AirTran. This is like testing the market. If it > doesn't work they can call Ryan and say "sorry". If it does, you can bet > that the "longer range" aircraft will come from Hamburg. > > BTW, Alaska also announced they are adding Orlando to their destinations. I > am a big fan of discount airlines adding coast to coast flights and bigger > fan of Airbus equipment on those routes. > Not exactly coast to coast..but almost. On Monday America West announced non-stop service from Phoenix to Cancun, Mexico beginning in June. The equipment? A319. And speaking of Atlanta, sounds like a feeding frenzy with AirTran and JetBlue offering left coast service from the once mighty fortress of Delta! RT Simpson Phoenix