General Lee
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I would imagine Airtran would be lobbying the DOJ to required a Delta/NW or Delta/UA to be accompanied by the releasing of some slots in NY and DC area. It seems like anytime slots in LGA or DCA become available, Airtran is in the middle of the bidding (ie. like the former ATA slots we just picked up).
I can't imagine Delta giving up any gates in ATL (although the NW gates on D could come available for Airtran to pick up).
I doubt that. All of NWA's current slots at LGA and DCA only go to their (NWA's) hubs, and those hubs would not be going anywhere in a merger. If they had duplicate flights to the same cities from LGA and DCA, then maybe. If they don't go to the same cities, then they would keep those flights going to MSP, DTW, MEM, and IND.
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