ATA: The Story of America's Largest Defunct Charter and Low Cost Carrier

American Trans Air, also known as "ATA Airlines", was the USA's largest charter airline in the 1980s through the 2000s, and was a strong competitor in the Low Cost Carrier air service market. ATA flew millions of passengers to their holiday destinations, and transported the most military troops overseas compared to any other US airline for over 35 years (1973-2008). Their rise to fame was humble, their hay days glorious, and their downfall a painful struggle to stay alive. This video will focus more on the public commercial service portion of ATA and a little bit on the airline's military and charter history.

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IATA Code: TZ
IACO Code: AMT
Callsign: "Amtran"
Years Active: 1973 - 2008
Headquarters: Indianapolis, IN
Primary Hub: Indianapolis (IND)
Focus Cities/Secondary Hubs: Chicago (MDW), Oakland (OAK), Honolulu (HNL)
Fate: Bankrupt (acquired by Southwest Airlines)

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SOME CLARIFICATIONS
Some relevant facts about ATA have been left out for story purposes to grasp the big picture/chain of events. Smaller facts such as ATA's exact charter logistics/ops, certain aircraft introductions and retirements, shorter-lived hub/focus city airports, individuals, reasons for demise, and others pieces of information are not mentioned in this video, but can be explained in the sources provided below.

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Plane spotting clips credit to PDX Aviation
https://www.youtube.com/user/buybygb/featured

ATA Commercials/Media:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0lTq47Rq_A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ly5k0zIGeg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAd-7Zv2Bwk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meXZTCBdfDw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWV_GodE-IQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJC4jUdEE0M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jgvD3dJ2es
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mugYuZ00XmU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClhK187LDSI&t=237s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZVDn2gD02k&feature=share
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIqGoBchK4E

Other Media:
https://www.videvo.net/video/parasailer-landing-in-mexico/5196/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnSIZ2ljCzY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DJ5lJYue3w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC8zI-QdUeQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMP6QUOlRBc
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=1991+gulf+war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJXyRzF5LOg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTWtx2nMLxE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN_YDfdKq4E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IASlfbAE00
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