AirTran

Southwest fined for late, incomplete action on consumer complaints

2013-05-01 12:06:00

Southwest Airlines was fined $150,000 Wednesday for failing to respond to consumer complaints in a timely fashion, the Department of Transportation announced. Federal enforcement officers found that the Dallas-based airline did not answer "a large...

First phase of $100 million BWI upgrade opens to passengers

2013-04-30 14:59:00

The future of BWI Marshall Airport can be seen in the new sweeping terminal roofline that hints of something big, the panorama of glass that gives street-side passengers a view of arriving jets and a cavernous security checkpoint with nine stations and...

Southwest posts lower first-quarter profit on record revenue

2013-04-25 12:52:00

Higher airfares and lower fuel prices combined to give Southwest Airlines $59 million in first-quarter net profits, or 8 cents a share, beating Wall Street's predictions. The Dallas-based airline's earnings fell 40 percent from $98 million, or 13...

Southwest offers four new cities from BWI

2013-04-17 10:52:06

Southwest offers flights to four new cities from BWI Southwest Airlines is now operating flights from Baltimore to four new cities as it continues its integration of subsidiary AirTran Airways. As of April 14, passengers can book flights on the...

Travelers report long lines at BWI as spring break kicks off

2013-03-22 10:17:00

Frustrated travelers reported long lines at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Friday morning, as crowds jammed into terminals on their way out of town as local schools prepared to let out for spring break. The delays...

Traveling weather or not

2013-03-14 13:34:00

Winter skiing, springtime on the links, summer sailing and autumn leaf-peeping — the weather forecast is the driving force behind the planning of many vacations. But when it comes to predicting the weather, WBAL meteorologist Tony Pann takes it all...

BWI sets passenger record for 2012; overseas travel increases

2013-02-12 00:00:00

For the third consecutive year, BWI Marshall Airport set a record for commercial passenger traffic, with 22.68 million travelers passing through its terminal in 2012, airport officials announced. The 1.3 percent increase over 2011 comes during a time of...

Celebrity traveler: A Raven in Paradise

2012-12-20 10:11:00

Baltimore Ravens defensive end Arthur Jones just isn't going to stop running anytime soon. Certainly not while adding to his single-season career highs in tackles and sacks. And definitely not while keeping up with his younger brothers: Jon "Bones" Jones,...

More holiday travel expected despite gas prices

2012-12-18 16:28:22

More Marylanders will take holiday trips this year, and most will drive — even though gas prices are the highest they have ever been entering the holiday season, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. "Gas prices do not appear to be deterring motorists...

To stay competitive, BWI 'moves at the speed of business'

2012-11-19 18:12:35

Massive girders and freshly poured concrete form a bump in the middle of the low-slung terminal, almost as if BWI Marshall Airport is expecting. In a way, it is. Before next summer, a glassed-in walkway, new shops and a modern security checkpoint will...

Southwest expands BWI service with new flights

2012-10-22 16:32:00

Southwest Airlines will add two destinations next spring to its schedule of flights from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, the carrier announced Monday. On April 14, AirTran Airways, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southwest,...

Spirit, Condor airlines announce new service from BWI

2012-07-03 15:25:21

For the second time in 24 hours, an airline has announced its arrival at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines announced Tuesday that it will start twice-daily nonstop service Sept. 6 from BWI to...

Southwest Airlines announced in 2010 that it would acquire AirTran Airways.

2013-02-06 17:46:05

Dan Pooley has been promoted to managing partner at Finn Partners. He joined the Ruder Finn Group in 2009 as managing director of the Chicago office, and oversaw the transition and launch of Finn Partners Chicago in 2012.

2013-01-09 10:55:00

The computers at the AirTran check-in counter were covered in plastic as a precaution in case the glass windows at the BWI terminal were blown out by Hurricane Sandy. BWI was deserted after all flights were cancelled today due to the hurricane.

2012-10-29 00:00:00