AirTran flies to Miami from airports across the United States as far west as San Francisco and San Diego to Minneapolis in the Midwest and Portland, Maine, in the Northeast. Non-stop flights to Miami are offered from Washington, D.C. and Atlanta.
As of November 2010, AirTran offered one-way trips from Baltimore, Boston, Dayton, Indianapolis, Portland and Rochester, ranging from $79 to $94. AirTran's lowest fares are offered on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Sun Country Airlines is a smaller regional airline that serves cities throughout the United States as well as destinations in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Sun Country offers in-flight meals and promotes itself as a friendly, service-oriented airline that's dedicated to giving passengers a pleasant air travel experience.
The airline is classified as low-cost and is headquartered in a suburb of Minneapolis. Its fleet is largely comprised of Boeing 737-800 aircraft and the airline offers both coach and first-class seats. The airline also provides charter service for the U.S. Military.
Alaska Airlines and its sister carrier Horizon Air provide service to more than 90 cities throughout the United States, including to multiple cities in Alaska. Service is also provided to selected cities in Mexico. As of November 2011, Alaska Airlines provided service from San Francisco to Miami for about $200 each way.
Alaska Airlines traces its history to bush pilots who flew wilderness routes through rugged Alaskan terrain in the 1930s. While Alaska is the ninth largest carrier in the United States, it is still considered a smaller airline and often features reduced prices to selected cities as a way of undercutting larger commercial airline companies.
