More AirTran in Milwaukee

January 29th, 2008 at 11:59am Thomas V. Bona

Hell hath no fury like an airline scorned, apparently.

Last year, AirTran was rebuffed in its attempt to merge with Midwest Airlines. AirTran’s not taking it well, attacking Midwest at its home turf of Milwaukee. It just announced service to five more destinations from MKE. That comes a week after it announced service to New York City.

It’s too bad, because I like Midwest, or what Midwest used to be. It seems that airline is cutting a lot of its “signature service” - two-by-two seating, fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies and a general sense that it was giving more value than other airlines. Now it’s becoming more like other airlines.

AirTran seems like a decent low-cost carrier that has a working business model. I look forward to flying them this summer for the first time, and will give a trip report. I like Milwaukee’s airport and look forward to fly out of there again.

What experiences have you had with AirTran or MKE?

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