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Founded in 1993, Valujet first began service on October 26
of the same year. They first began flying from Atlanta,
Georgia to Tampa, Florida. Twenty cities in the United
States were added after just a year of flying with their
fleet of DC-9-23's. Other types of aircraft (like the
MD-80's or DC-9-20's) were being used after the market for
used DC-9-32's was exhausted. They also made an order with
McDonnell Douglas for 50 new MD-95'.
Valujet was forced to slow the rapid expansion of their
routs because of the Federal Aviation Administrations
decision to keep a watchful eye on them, mainly because of
maintenance problems they encountered earlier. Regardless
of this, On May 11,1996 a Valujet DC-9 was lost. Even
though the cause of the accident had not been found, Their
operating license was withdrawn. In September of 1996,
however, they were given permission to restart services on a
restricted basis. Many of their aircraft's were sold or
taken out of service during the grounding. A merger was
agreed with AirTran Airways in July of 1997. at which time
Valujet begun using AirTran Airways name and colours.
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