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AirTran will suspend its direct service from Akron to Las Vegas, Akron-Canton Airport said today. The flight, which began in August, will be suspended this May.

Judy Graham-Weaver, a spokeswoman for the airline, said a flight from Flint to Las Vegas also will end then. She blamed rising oil prices, which lead to higher jet fuel costs.

AirTran will continue flying out of Akron-Canton, with direct service to Orlando, Tampa, Boston, Atlanta and New York/LaGuardia.

Kristie Van Auken, Akron-Canton’s marketing director, said Frontier Airlines, another low-cost carrier that just signed with the airport in 2005, will offer connecting flights to Las Vegas, and AirTran also will have connecting flights to Vegas and 39 other destinations through its Atlanta hub.

Interesting for us here in Youngstown. This means 1 of 2 things.

1. The current market to Las Vegas, NV is sufficient enough with Southwest-Am. West-Continental at Pittsburgh and Cleveland with low fares that are making flights to Las Vegas cheap and easy.
2. YNG Must Jump on this loss for CAK and Airtran. Airtran and CAK are setting monthly records and predictions are expansion at CAK airline and destination wise will slow this year.. If YNG wants to establish a market it must be now. We need Hooters Air or some airline to step in and try a twice a week flight to Las Vegas and Allegiant to fly to Orlando Sanford.

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