HISTORY: AIRTRAN AIRWAYS was a low-cost airline in the United States, and was founded in 1993 as Conquest Sun Airlines and began operations as a start up Boeing 737-200 operator with service to and from Orlando. In 1994, the airline was purchased by AirTran Corporation, which was the holding company of the Minneapolis based Mesade Airlines, an operating carrier for Northwest Airlines's Northwest Airlink that had hubs in Minneapolis and Detroit.After the purchase, the airline was renamed from Conquest Sun Airlines to AirTran Airways to reflect the name of the holding company. AirTran Airways was acquired by Southwest Airlines May 2, 2011.
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