ATA Airlines said today it will end all of its Denver flights as of Jan. 10, following Southwest Airlines’ announcement that it will begin flying to Denver in January.
Indianapolis-based ATA has four daily non-stop flights from Denver to Chicago’s Midway airport and two daily non-stop flights from Denver to Phoenix. ATA has a code-share partnership with Southwest on flights out of Denver, but chief executive Gary Kelly said last week Southwest would discontinue the partnership on those routes.
That would make it more difficult for ATA to draw the traffic for the flights.
“In Denver alone, carriers such as Ted, Frontier and now Southwest Airlines are intensifying competition,” said ATA senior vice president and chief commercial officer Subodh Karnik in a written statement.
ATA has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy since last October.
ATA also announced today it is ending service to and from Indianapolis and San Juan, Puerto Rico as of Jan. 10.
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