AirTran SOS – Save Our Seats
A group of AirTran frequent flyers and business class customers has formed a group to petition Southwest to maintain AirTran’s business class seating and to maintain assigned seating after the merger. Views: 58
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Southwest & Boeing – Some Thoughts
This past week we were part of Media Day at Southwest Airlines. It was a most pleasant visit. However, news reports coming out of the event bear some scrutiny. Views: 61
The Necessity of Options
Commercial aviation is a very high stakes game. Get it wrong and you’re lucky to get a second chance. In order to reduce risk the players hedge bets. For example, in the case of OEMs, a typical solution is to…
Podcast – We discuss the Southwest/AirTran news
There are few routes that overlap and lots of reasons for this deal to go through. The fleet question (717) is one that has a lot of people asking questions. In our request for some color from Southwest we got…
Southwest Acquisition of AirTran will lead to 737-800 Order
I published this analysis earlier today on GLG News, and have reproduced it here for our readers. Views: 41
Southwest Acquires AirTran
In a $1.4 billion transaction, Southwest Airlines has acquired AirTran to provide further growth to the low-cost carrier. This will be the third acquisition for Southwest, which previously acquired Muse Air and Morris Air and made a failed offer for…