The Reunion-based carrier made headlines in 2009 when it ordered the aircraft, which they pledged to fill with 840 economy class seats, which would have given them the highest capacity of any commercial aircraft ever built.
At least seven people were killed on Thursday afternoon when a suicide bomber attacked an airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials said. Several others were injured.
Our good friends at Airliners Gallery have come across AirTran's next special scheme, one of their Boeing 717-200s for the Baltimore Ravens. This is number two in a series of what will be three NFL logojets.