ATA goes under

[Cory]

For anyone who hasn't seen the news, ATA has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. They are immediately ceasing all flights.

Anyone booked with them for Atlanta should contact their credit card company for a refund and rebook tickets elsewhere immediately.

[KTorak]

I flew on them in 2004 and thought they were a really great airline, but I did question how they managed to keep their necks above water.

[Elgin Clock]

Where were they based out of or fly out of?

I've honestly never heard of them I don't think. No surprise the company I've never heard of went under.

Now if Delta went under then I'd start worrying, but in today's society only the larger companies seem to be "making it" which just is what it is I guess in a business based world.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Where were they based out of or fly out of?

I've honestly never heard of them I don't think. No surprise the company I've never heard of went under.

Now if Delta went under then I'd start worrying, but in today's society only the larger companies seem to be "making it" which just is what it is I guess in a business based world.

Believe one of their hubs was Indy?

They were a pretty small airline. I flew them in 2004 to IRI and they weren't bad.

[Graham Donaldson]

Originally Posted by Cory

Believe one of their hubs was Indy?

They were a pretty small airline. I flew them in 2004 to IRI and they weren't bad.

Based on this AP article, Chicago was it's hub up until a month ago. It also says there that the majority of their flights were between Hawaii and four West Coast cities- luckily this didn't happen at the same time as Aloha's crash, otherwise teams REALLY might've gotten stuck.

My guess is that not many teams were flying to Atlanta on ATA, if any are at all, based on the small size and location of their operation when they filed for bankruptcy. Don't quote me on it though.

[Heretic121]

if i remember correctly i flew ATA from and to Hawaii last year out of Cali and Las Vegas... other than that i never heard of them...

really sad to hear this espically if teams do have bookings... at least yay for full refunds???

[Madison]

Originally Posted by Heretic121

if i remember correctly i flew ATA from and to Hawaii last year out of Cali and Las Vegas... other than that i never heard of them...

really sad to hear this espically if teams do have bookings... at least yay for full refunds???

No refunds at all. It's up to folks to get refunded by their credit card companies.

[IndySam]

We used to fly ATA all the time. They had just started an expansion program when 9/11 hit. It was very bad timing. They never fully recovered and have been surviving mostly on government contracts transporting troops ever sense.

They recently lost that contract so their fate was sealed.

It's a sad day for those of us here in Indy who considered them our home airline.

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by Cory

Believe one of their hubs was Indy?

They were a pretty small airline. I flew them in 2004 to IRI and they weren't bad.

ATA was based out of Indy, but actually reduced flights from Indy after they filed for Chapter 11 in '04 and began codesharing with Southwest. Their "main hub" was Chicago-Midway with other "focus cities" being Honolulu and Oakland.

[dez250]

American Trans Air (ATA) was actually a larger airline than many recognized. Allot of their planes and flights were code-shared to Southwest, heading to Hawaii from Chicago-Midway, Phenix, Las Angeles, Oakland (California) and Las Vegas. Many other inland flights throughout the country "by" southwest, many times would of been ATA flights. I expect this will disrupt near future flights by Southwest and you will see an increase in consumer cost due to a contract disruption that SWA now will need to resolve.