AirTran Airways Invites Milwaukee Artists to Bring Air Travel to Life - Contest Winners to be Displayed During Airline's Event at Milwaukee Art Museum -

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), has issued a call for entries to a contest in which Milwaukee-area artists create interpretations of the airline's expanding route map from General Mitchell International Airport.

Complete entry information, including contest rules and the route map, can be found at www.airtran.com/routemapcontest. Entries are being accepted until October 5, 2009. Finalists will be displayed at a private reception AirTran Airways is hosting at the Milwaukee Art Museum for friends of the airline. The top three artists, as voted on by reception guests, will receive airline tickets.

"AirTran Airways is grateful for the support we've received during our rapid growth in Milwaukee," said Tad Hutcheson, vice president of marketing and sales, AirTran Airways. "Featuring local artists at our reception is a natural way to reinforce the connection we have with the Milwaukee community."

AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI) and a Fortune 1000 company, has been ranked the number one low cost carrier in the Airline Quality Rating study for the past two years. AirTran is the only major airline with Wi-Fi on every flight and offers coast-to-coast service on North America's newest all-Boeing fleet. Its low-cost, high-quality product also includes assigned seating, Business Class and complimentary XM Satellite Radio on every flight. To book a flight, visit www.airtran.com.

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