MILWAUKEE -- Midwest Airlines and The Mark Travel Corp., both based
here, July 10 unveiled what they touted as "the first wave of a
series of business alliances that will offer new opportunities and
value to leisure travelers."
Under this "first wave," Mark Travel will operate Midwest
Airlines Vacations, the airline's leisure vacation program,
beginning next year. For the remainder of this year, it will
continue to be operated by Gogo Worldwide Vacations.
The new program will be available this fall for travel after
Jan. 1, and will offer vacations to Atlanta, Boston, Las Vegas, Los
Angeles, Milwaukee, Nashville, New York, Orange County (Calif.),
Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Francisco and
Washington, as well as golf, Colorado ski/summer and seasonal
Florida packages.
Also, beginning in December, Midwest will provide aircraft
capacity to Funjet Vacations, Mark Travel's flagship brand.
Nonstop Milwaukee-Las Vegas service will be offered on scheduled
service Midwest flights. To accommodate additional passengers,
Midwest will add four roundtrip flights to its existing weekly
schedule, for a total of 13 roundtrip flights in the market each
week.
In addition, nonstop Milwaukee-Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, service
and San Antonio-Las Vegas service will be devoted exclusively to
Funjet Vacations passengers, flying on Midwest aircraft staffed by
Midwest flight crews.
Mark Travel president and CEO Bill La Macchia said the companies
"fully intend to continue to develop and expand this
relationship."