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AirTran Airways Announces XM Satellite Radio Service to be Removed

AirTran Airways has announced that their commercial flights will soon be losing XM satellite radio.

This move comes as the Dallas, Texas based Southwest Airlines integrates AirTran Airways operations into its day to day after acquiring them earlier this year.

In a recorded message on Monday, Southwest’s chief commercial officer Bob Jordan told all employees that they had decided to remove the satellite radio service from AirTran aircraft in order to offer “a consistent product” between Southwest and AirTran.

American Airlines Worst, Southwest Airlines Best

Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) — Carol Massar of Bloomberg reports her findings on the Bloomberg Rankings official analysis of airlines’ operating performance and service charges. The analysis found that American Airlines rated the worst performance and Southwest Airlines rated the best.

The list evaluated the largest 10 U.S. air carriers, as identified by passenger traffic on domestic flights. Lisa Murphy and Adam Johnson also commented. (Source: Bloomberg)

Spirit Airlines Announces $18 R/T Sale with Long Travel Window

Here’s a timely Christmas present from Spirit Airlines…

A long-lived $18 airfare sale that includes a long travel window—both anomalies for the South Florida-based low-cost airline.

Featuring convenient midweek flights through the middle of March, Spirit’s airfare promotion will be available for flights booked by Tuesday, December 27. Our quick test revealed the cheapest travel days to be Tuesdays and Wednesdays, however Mondays and Thursdays are also a great deal but average of $40 or so more round-trip.

Rates start at $18 round-trip.