INDIANAPOLIS, June 26, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- ATA Airlines (Pink Sheets:ATAHQ) announces another major expansion of its codeshare agreement with Southwest Airlines to include Las Vegas connections for travel from Hawaii. The expansion makes ATA's low-fare service from Honolulu available to customers who want to travel to 10 more Southwest markets on the Mainland and provides additional flight options for customers traveling to another 19 markets. With this addition to the codeshare agreement, ATA and Southwest continue to expand codeshare opportunities for the fare-conscious traveling public.
Tickets may be purchased from ATA beginning today in the new codeshare markets and the first date of travel to the 10 new codeshare cities begins August 4, 2005. Just click on ata.com for more information and the lowest ATA fares with no online service fee. While you are there, you can register for ATA's generous Travel Awards program and start earning your Travel Awards quickly to places like Hawaii. You receive double bonus points on most flights when you buy on ata.com.
"We are excited to continue to build on the successful codeshare service we introduced with Southwest in February," said Stan Hula, ATA's Vice President, Planning. "The addition of the Honolulu-to-Las Vegas connection service is the next logical step in our codeshare program. Many more of our Customers now have access and can take advantage of the great, low fares to a greater amount of destinations in the continental U.S."
As a result of the Honolulu-to-Las Vegas expansion, ATA will, for the first time, provide low-fare service from Honolulu for connecting codeshare flights to the following Southwest cities: Albany, Amarillo, Kansas City, West Palm Beach, Reno, San Antonio, Seattle, Tulsa and Tucson. The expansion also means more low-fare options are available to depart from Honolulu to 19 more Southwest cities like Baltimore, Columbus, Hartford, Philadelphia, Phoenix, St. Louis, Salt Lake City and more.
Sample fares and routings:
From Honolulu To/From Daily, Each Way Fares(a)
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Albuquerque(b) $199
Albany(b) $224
Amarillo(b) $199
Austin(b) $199
Baltimore(b) $219
Chicago-Midway(b) $199
Columbus(b) $209
Detroit(b) $209
El Paso(b) $199
Ft. Lauderdale(b) $219
Hartford(b) $224
Houston(b) $199
Long Island/Islip(b) $229
Kansas City(b) $199
Orlando(b) $219
Manchester(b) $229
Philadelphia(b) $219
Phoenix(b) $199
Raleigh/Durham(b) $224
Reno/Tahoe(b) $199
San Antonio(b) $199
Seattle(b) $199
Salt Lake City(b) $199
St. Louis(b) $199
Tampa(b) $219
Tulsa(b) $199
Tucson(b) $199
West Palm Beach(b) $219
Fares are daily, each way based on a 7-day advance round-trip purchase in coach class on ata.com. The first ever codeshare arrangement between two low-fare airlines continues to gain popularity. On May 14, ATA announced it carried over 100,000 passengers with Southwest when it marked the 100th day of codeshare.
ATA Airlines, headquartered in Indianapolis, now in its 32nd year of operation, offers "easy" and affordable travel to major business centers and popular vacation destinations like New York, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Hawaii, Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean. Through direct and connecting codeshare flights, ATA now serves customers in more than 70 markets. From its major hub operation at Chicago's Midway Airport, the airline offers 15 nonstop flights to the New York area every business day and a convenient daily schedule of nonstop flights to many other locations. For more information, visit ata.com.
(a) Fares do not include a $3.20 federal segment tax per takeoff and landing. Fares do not include a September 11th Security Fee of up to $10 per round-trip. Fares are available for travel thru 10/28/05 and must be purchased by 7/25/05, Midnight (EDT). Blackout dates include 9/1/05-9/2/05 and 9/5/05. Fares may not be available for purchase during high-volume travel periods. Fares are daily, each way based on a 7-day advance round-trip purchase in coach class on ata.com or by calling 1-800-I-FLY-ATA; non-refundable; subject to change without notice. Tickets cost $5 more if purchased by phone at ATA reservations centers or at ticket counters. First date of travel to Honolulu from San Antonio begins on 9/14/05. Seats are limited and may not be available on all flights and dates. Passenger facility charge of up to $18 per round-trip is not included in fares. Photo I.D. required for flight check-in. For deaf and hearing-impaired callers, TTY 800-293-6194.
(b) Connecting service provided by Southwest Airlines.