AirTran will end flights from Newark=0ATHE ASSOCIATED PRESS =E2=80=A2 Augus= t 11, 2009 =0A=09* Post a Comment=0A=09* Recommend=0A=09* Print this page= =0A=09* E-mail this article=0A=09* Share =0A=09* Del.icio.us=0A=09* Faceboo= k=0A=09* Digg=0A=09* Reddit=0A=09* Newsvine=0A=09* Buzz up! =0A=09* Twitter= =0A=09* =0A=0ADiscount=0Acarrier AirTran Airways plans to stop flying to an= d from Newark and=0Awill give its takeoff and landing slots at the airport = there to=0AContinental Airlines in exchange for Continental slots at airpor= ts in=0AWashington and New York.=0A =0AAn=0AAirTran executive tells employe= es in a memo Tuesday obtained by The=0AAssociated Press that the carrier's = decision to cease operations=0Aeffective Oct. 25 at Newark-Liberty Internat= ional Airport will allow it=0Ato expand its operations at Washington Reagan= National Airport and New=0AYork's LaGuardia Airport.Southwest=0Abegan flyi= ng to LaGuardia in June and would gain entry to National=0AAirport in Washi= ngton if its $170 million bid to buy the parent of=0AFrontier Airlines succ= eeds. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".