AirTran Airways (Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) will operate its last scheduled flight before it is fully absorbed into parent Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) on Sunday, December 28, 2014. Routed Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson to Tampa International, the final flight will operate as AirTran Flight #1 (Marketed as Southwest Flight #5001) and reprises the first flight the carrier operated on October 26, 1993.
Southwest Airlines announced its acquisition of AirTran Airways in September 2010, and closed the transaction on May 2, 2011. Thereafter, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded the firm a single operating certificate for the two carriers on March 1, 2012.
