Southwest Airlines to Acquire AirTran; Spreading Low Fares Farther 6:55 am - PR Newsw

[RedDogC130]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Southwest-Airlines-to-Acquire-prnews-3710486497.html?x=0&.v=1

 

[RedDogC130]

Swa to buy airtran......wow

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Southwest-Airlines-to-Acquire-prnews-3710486497.html?x=0&.v=1



Wow

 

[COpilot]

OMG!

Finally one of my airline stock plays payed off... 500 shares AAI

 

[Whaler]

Wow is right.
That's about all there is to say.

 

[LittleDeuce]

Date of Hire

I'm sure the SWA guys will offer DOH to the Tranny folks:smash:

 

[Headfake14]

well...either way you slice it, it'll be a wicked pay increase for them. I imagine the 717 will be phased out.

 

[Headfake14]

Ha...yea. A LOT of early morning "guess what" phone calls going out to the brass.

I'm wondering what our guys in Forrest Hills will make of it.

 

[JA'd]

I am sure the other bidders will come out.

 

[justin15e]

Now SWA will be going after yet another stronghold of USAir.

They attack them in Phoenix, Vegas, Philly.

The next battle will be CLT.

Look for a merger announcement for USAir soon to follow.

 

[texman]

Whats up Now Gen nuts!?!

 

[Headfake14]

Now SWA will be going after yet another stronghold of USAir.

They attack them in Phoenix, Vegas, Philly.

The next battle will be CLT.

Look for a merger announcement for USAir soon to follow.

Does airtran go to CLT? I just don't remember seeing them there.

 

[sgu]

WOW a huge windfall for AAI crewmembers no matter how a merged seniority list shakes out.!

 

[d.fitz]

I don't think Delta management is quaking in their shoes. This will be a domestic airline with no international feed to speak of. Add to that the "double-dip" or continued recession and we'll see how all this plays out...

 

[CatfishVT9]

There won't be additional bidders. Both Boards of Directors unanimously approved the deal.

 

[Skippy]

And alpa just got smaller and got 0 ROI after negotiating and spending how much for how long---- another alpa joke and if they think they can convert swapa...... NOT