Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Southwest ends at AirTran Deal $ 1 billion

 The company air little that could has finally done: Southwest Airlines has completed the purchase of AirTran.

Start of negotiations in 2010 for the purchase AirTran Southwest Atlanta-based.


As a result, passenger traffic of the Southwest will increase 25%, reports the Associated Press Agency. The renewed airline will win AirTran hub in Atlanta, the busiest airport in the world, and Reagan in Washington and New York LaGuardia.


Aviation firm OAG tells the Associated Press that Southwest/AirTran will more rival large airline in the United/Continental world, in the capacity of passenger transport. Southwest is already some domestic passengers of 100 million dollars a year.


Ray Niedl, a Maxim Group analyst, tells the Associated Press that the nature of low-cost Southwest is no more. To the Southwest, he said, "has grown." They become more than your typical airline, although they do not want to admit. ?

For many, the beauty of the Southwest is the flexible nature of the airline. The company air is not charged for the first two baggage or modify a reservation, and they are famous areas of ticket for passengers to Board in the order. (They also have some really fun edge.)


Southwest will end flights at the airport in Dallas/Forth, the only destination is deleted, following the merger, reports USA Today. Southwest flies already at Dallas Love Field. a 1979 Agreement prohibits a carrier to serve as a land of love and the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.


Bob Jordan, charged southwesterly direction AirTran running believes that atlanta will become most important hub of the airline in the coming years, surpassing Las Vegas and Chicago.


AirTran may continue to run as a separate company in 2013.


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