After the large amount of negative publicity surrounding the Flight 592 disaster , ValuJet Airlines suffered serious financial problems . On July 10 , 1997 , ValuJet announced it would merge with the much smaller Airways Corporation , the owner of Orlando , Florida based AirTran Airways . In November 1997 , AirTran Holdings announced it would move its headquarters to Airways ' existing headquarters in Orlando from Atlanta ; on November 17 , 1997 , Airways Corporation and ValuJet completed their merger and the name ValuJet was dropped
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