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About ATA Airlines
<b>ATA Airlines - photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers.org :</b> ATA Airlines (IATA: TZ, ICAO: AMT, and Callsign: AmTran) [1] is an American low-cost and charter airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana. ATA operates scheduled passenger flights from a hub at Midway Airport in Chicago, Illinois, and charter flights across the globe. Its Boeing customer number is 3N. ATA was established in August 1973 as American Trans Air (ATA) to provide aircraft for the Ambassadair travel club. Its first aircraft was a Boeing 720
named "Miss Indy", with a second Boeing 720 ("Spirit of Indiana") being
added in 1978. ATA received its common-air carrier certificate in March
1981. Operations started as a charter carrier in 1981, with a fleet of
eight Boeing 707's
based in Indianapolis. Amtran, Inc., was formed by owner J. George
Mikelsons in 1984, as the holding company for Ambassadair, ATA, and any
future subsidiaries. The airline replaced the 707's with Boeing 727-100's in 1984, and added Lockheed L-1011s (most ex-TWA) in 1985, and Boeing 757-200's in 1989. Scheduled service flights began in 1986 between Indianapolis and Fort Myers, Florida....