AirTran expands, adding San Diego, Phoenix, and more

Low-fare carrier AirTran has announced five new cities it will begin serving this year. With this expansion, AirTran has already added more cities in 2007 than it did in the entirety of 2006, according to a report in Aviation Daily.

New cities include San Diego, Phoenix, Daytona Beach, St. Louis, and Newburgh, New York. According to an AirTran official, the airline may add a few more cities that have yet to be announced.

Though AirTran posted a loss of $3.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2006, overall it had a net income of $15.5 million for 2006.