Alaska Southwest and Row 44

[Mea25000]

For all of you who like a good conspiracy… Row 44 a California company will be providing the wi-fi for both Alaska and Southwest. I am sure it is all just a coincidence.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

And Boeing is selling them both airplanes. By god I think you are on to something.

 

[GuppyWN]

Pretty funny.

I am less and less convinced that WN will buy anybody. I think consolidation is coming and we will be there to pick up the scraps and be better off for it. Much less mess and we still get what we want.

Gup

 

[Z_Pilot]

Pretty funny.

I am less and less convinced that WN will buy anybody. I think consolidation is coming and we will be there to pick up the scraps and be better off for it. Much less mess and we still get what we want.

Gup

|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

Hot off the press today:

|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwest Air eyes acquisition as economy slows

Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:50am EST

Email | Print | Share
| Reprints | Single Page | slArtPage.addRecommendWidget(uniqueArtKey);
[-] Text [+]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co (LUV.N: Quote, Profile, Research), bracing for a slowing U.S. economy, is ready to act should an acquisition opportunity present itself, its chief executive told Reuters on Wednesday.
"We'll be prepared, like we have been in the past, to move very quickly if an opportunity arises," Gary Kelly said in a telephone interview.
He said the carrier would be open to acquiring a carrier as well as assets such as airport gates that may be spun off by other airlines.
Kelly also said that he expects the slowing economy to impair travel demand.
"We know the overall economy is slowing. We're expecting that will have an impact on travel demand," said Kelly. "We're not seeing that at Southwest Airlines yet, but we want to be prepared for that."
Southwest Airlines earlier posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings, helped by its industry-leading fuel hedges.
(Reporting by Chris Reiter; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick)


© Reuters 2008 All rights reserved