ATA Airlines Bankruptcy

ATA Airlines has filed fo bankruptcy. The move left thousands of ATA Airlines passengers stranded as operations immediately ceased.

It’s the second time the airline has filed for bankrpucy in the past three years.

The apparent problem was that thney had a deal with FedEx to run their charter operations and in the renegotiation over the contract they couldn’t agree on how to allocate higher fuel costs.


ATA AIRLINES PULLS THE PLUG

Las Vegas Review – Journal – Las Vegas,NV,USA
By BENJAMIN SPILLMAN The ATA Airlines ticket counter at McCarran
International Airport stands vacant Thursday after the company declared
bankruptcy and

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ATA AIRLINES FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY

Monterey County Herald – Monterey,CA,USA
Passengers of ATA flights to Hawaii were stranded when the
airline declared bankruptcy. OAKLAND — The collapse of ATA
Airlines
Inc. Thursday stranded

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Stranded ATA passengers look for other ways out of Hawaii

KPUA – HI,USA
By AP HONOLULU (AP) _ State officials are helping travelers stranded by the
abrupt closure of ATA Airlines, as they look for other ways to fly
out of Hawaii

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ATA Airlines shuts down, blames loss of military contract

ATWOnline – Silver Spring,MD,USA
ATA Airlines, an independent carrier based in Indianapolis, shut
down operations yesterday after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Wednesday.

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ATA Airlines files for bankruptcy, stops service

Washington Business Journal – Washington,DC,USA
The move affects Southwest customers who bought ATA tickets through
a codesharing agreement the airlines have had since 2005.
"ATA Airlines has been an

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Bankrupt airline strands thousands

Long Beach Press-Telegram – Long Beach,CA,USA
By Art Marroquin and Shelly Leachman Staff Writers Peter Sunday tries to
line up another flight at LAX on Thursday after arriving at ATA
Airlines
‘ counter

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ATA Airlines bankruptcy filing strands passengers around nation

Press-Enterprise – Riverside,CA,USA
By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL ATA Airlines shut its cabin doors Thursday,
canceling all flights and giving ticket holders and its 2230 employees
little notice that

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ATA Airlines Goes Bankrupt Again, Cancels All Flights

AHN – USA
New York, NY (AHN) – ATA Airlines suddenly shut down Thursday,
canceling flights that stranded thousands of passengers as the carrier
relapsed into

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On the Heels of Aloha Airlines Closure, ATA Airlines Shuts Down

Hawaii Reporter – Kailua,HI,USA
By Andrew Walden, 4/3/2008 2:12:11 PM At 11PM HST last night, just after
several of its flights departed for the mainland, ATA airlines shut
down all

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ATA, Aloha Woes Likely Mean Higher Fares

The Associated Press –
HONOLULU (AP) — The abrupt shutdowns of ATA Airlines and Aloha
Airlines won’t keep travelers off Hawaii’s shores
altogether, but they could make an already

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ATA Airlines shut down operations and stranded thousands of travelers

 By retailnu

Airline heads back into bankruptcy ATA Airlines shut down
operations and stranded thousands of travelers Thursday after the
cancellation of a critical agreement with FedEx Corp. for most of the airline’s charter business left it unable


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ATA Airlines Is Down And Out

 By admin

While on the surface you may be forgiven for thinking that we have seen
the first casualty of the worldwide economic downturn and credit
crunch, in reality there is a very different reason why US ATA Airlines has filed for Chapter 11


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ATA Airlines discontinues all operations

 By tb_neg

After filing for Chapter 11 on April 2, 2008 in the US Bankruptcy Court in Indianapolis, IN, ATA Airlines has discontinued all operations and cancelled all current and future flights. Following the loss of a key contract for our


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ATA Airlines shuts down all operations

 By B. N. Sullivan(B. N. Sullivan)

ATA Airlines pin ATA Airlines announced this morning that
it had filed a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy petition on April 2, 2008, and
that it has "discontinued all operations, effective as of 4 am ET on
April 3." The reason cited was the


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ATA Airlines Shuts Down Passenger Services; Lehman Analyst

 By Holly

The airline said that it made the decision to do so after FedEx informed the airline that it would no longer be a member of a "teaming arrangement." This agreement gave ATA a large number of airlift contracts for transporting military


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