AirTran cancels Las Vegas flights

AirTran Airways has announced the impending suspension of its nonstop service between Akron-Canton Regional Airport in Ohio and Las Vegas.

Flights between Bishop International Airport in Flint, Michigan, and Las Vegas will also be cancelled as of May 9.

The low-cost airline started the flights on August 4 last year, but according to Kristie Van Auken, the airport's marketing director, increasing fuel prices have made the flights uneconomical to run.

According to The Beacon Journal, what Van Auken refers to as a "function of fuel and distance" has been affected by an increase in oil prices from $45 a barrel to $68 a barrel since August.

The news will come as a disappointment to those who filled the Akron flights to around 85 per cent each day.

AirTran plans to reinstate the flights as and when fuel prices drop by enough to make it economically viable, believed to be around $52 a barrel.

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