Aloha Airlines said goodbye on Monday. Now, ATA has completely shut down. Partly citing loss of contracts, and the sky high price of fuel, no advance notice was given of the airline's very sudden demise.

If you go to their website, this is just a part of what you'll see - "After filing for Chapter 11 on April 2, 2008 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Indianapolis, IN, ATA Airlines has discontinued all operations and cancelled all current and future flights. Following the loss of a key contract for our military charter business, it became impossible for ATA to continue operations. Unfortunately, we were not in a position to provide our customers or others with advance notice."

No notice, and a lot of stranded passengers - plus a little late for an April Fool's Day joke. To add further insult to injury - "ATA currently is unable to provide refunds to customers who purchased tickets directly from ATA with cash or a check. These customers may be able to obtain a full or partial refund for their unused tickets by submitting a claim in ATA’s Chapter 11 proceedings."

ATA's website now has a lot of links for filing for refunds (will not in any way be immediate) and trying to find alternate flight arrangements.

Delta Airlines and US Airways offers ATA passengers options