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A very tiny slap on the wrist. That $2.7 million is likely less than Delta collected in baggage fees at one airport last year.
Skift | 9 years ago
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Southwest already has a lot on its plate without additional acquisitions: international expansion, a new reservations system and expansion of its ancillary service capabilities. With all of the consolidation in the U.S. airline industry, there is a lot less to buy even if Southwest had the inclination.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago
With this last flight, pending a few more paint jobs in the works, Southwest's entire fleet will have the Southwest livery, an important milestone in the merger of AirTran with Southwest.
Associated Press | 9 years ago
Southwest Airlines emphasizes how it cares about its employees yet it chose to ignore the legacy of AirTran in designing Southwest's new "Heart" livery. It wouldn't have taken much to include AirTran, and it would have meant a lot.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago
As airline integrations go, Southwest-AirTran has been relatively smooth. United-Continental is a nightmare in comparison.
This is the first step in Southwest's anticipated takeover of subsidiary AirTan's international flights and to Southwest's greater route expansion through Latin America.
Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago
Southwest has no imminent change in policy in the works regarding fees, but that doesn't mean that it considers having no bag fees its religion. The airline is willing to mull policy changes if it determines that a big switch would be in its interests.
Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago
In a signal of the further integration of AirTran, Southwest Airlines' first flight to San Juan arrived April 14. AirTran had already been flying to San Juan and previously operated the Orlando-San Juan flight.
Skift | 11 years ago
AirTran's flights will be eliminating bag fees even faster than Southwest can repaint the planes.
Southwest can’t keep base airfares low without finding somewhere to make up for losses from its free bag policy, but that means little to the consumers who only perceive Southwest’s shift towards mainstream pricing models.
Kelly Yamanouchi, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | 11 years ago
