Simviation Forum - AirTran Callsign??

Apr 14^th, 2004 at 6:28pm

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I was checking out some AirTran AI traffic I just installed, and ATC calls the airline "Citrus"

Is this the way real-life ATC calls AirTran planes ???
I know that American Trans Air is called "AmTran"...

Thanks 4 your help!
-bm

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Reply #1 - Apr 22^nd, 2004 at 5:46pm

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That's what they go by.

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Reply #2 - Apr 26^th, 2004 at 4:25pm

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thnx,

how come ???

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Reply #3 - May 1^st, 2004 at 9:29am

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good question...???

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Reply #4 - May 16^th, 2004 at 1:38am

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Because it sounds nicer than "Hey where'd it go?"

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Reply #5 - May 17^th, 2004 at 4:18pm

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Because it sounds nicer than "Hey where'd it go?"

??? ???

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Reply #6 - May 18^th, 2004 at 12:38am

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Depending on how morbid you want to think, you could apply this bit of sarcasm to either the disappearance of the airline in it's entirety or the crash into the swamp.

Where you take it is up to you. I know which one I'm thinking. Wink

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Reply #7 - May 18^th, 2004 at 4:41pm

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Quote:

Depending on how morbid you want to think, you could apply this bit of sarcasm to either the disappearance of the airline in it's entirety

www.airtran.com
what do you mean ???

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Reply #8 - May 18^th, 2004 at 7:46pm

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Oh wait, nevermind. That was ValuJet, which Air Tran later purchased. I got 'em mixed up. Ignore me. Hard to keep the cheapies sorted sometimes. lol

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Reply #9 - May 23^rd, 2004 at 7:39pm

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I'm not sure about this, but I think I remember reading that AirTran came out of the ashes of AirFlorida, which perished due to bad press after a fatal crash. Perhaps the 'Citrus' callsign is remnants of Air FLorida?
(AirFlorida, Florida---> Citrus)
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Reply #10 - May 24^th, 2004 at 4:05pm

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well, I do know that AirTran came from Valujet, so if Valujet was formed after AirFlorida, then that would make sense...

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Reply #11 - May 26^th, 2004 at 12:00pm

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Yeah, that's what I meant. Wink

lol

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Reply #12 - May 26^th, 2004 at 1:12pm

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Air Florida, believe it or not, still exists. They operate several 402's and 208's. And at about the same level of quality that led to the D.C. crash.
Valujet's homebase is Atlanta and their original callsign was "Critter"?!. After the flight 592 crash Valujet bought AirTran. This accomplished two things: it "washed" the aircraft of the Valujet stigma and it continued the Valujet trend prior to the 592 crash, which was buy as many DC-9-/MD80 type aircraft as possible to contain the company's unprecedented expansion.
Valujet's success was hinged on the Northeast to Atlanta and Florida routes, namely Laguardia to Atlanta. Citrus is simply a label which is intended to key the public into Airtran's "gateway" to the South(Florida) ideal.
After the 592 crash, Valujet was teetering on the brink. They swiftly resumed operations immediately but for obvious reasons the flying public wasn't lining up to buy Valujet tickets. They could have just changed the carrier name to something like Citrus. But history shows that an established airline has a better fighting chance. So they bought in cheap for the name and a few more, already needed, aircraft, rolled the dice and came up big.

.....so I loaded up the plane and moved to Middle-EEEE..........OIL..that is......

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Reply #13 - May 27^th, 2004 at 10:02pm