AirTran Airways (Orlando and Atlanta) will start weekend only nonstop service between Des Moines and Orlando starting on March 6, 2010 with Boeing 717s.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/AirTran-Airways-Introduces-prnews-2212434732.html?x=0&.v=1

Copyright Photo: bwione.

A now rare shot of AirTran’s Boeing 717-2BD N971AT (msn 55032) with the image of race car driver (and model) Danica Patrick landing on runway 33L at Baltimore/Washington (BWI). Note the “AirTranica” special titles (now gone).