Delta Air Line’s ‘Ineptitude’ Costs It Another $2.7 Million in Baggage Fee Case
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.
4 years ago
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.
4 years ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
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.
4 years ago
Associated Press
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.
4 years ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
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.
4 years ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
As airline integrations go, Southwest-AirTran has been relatively smooth. United-Continental is a nightmare in comparison.
5 years ago
Associated Press
AirTran may be going away, but no doubt Southwest has learned much about fees from the low-cost carrier.
5 years ago
Charles Schelle, Bradenton Herald
Losing AirTran was a crushing blow to Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, but the facility has come most of the way back. It's tough for a non-hub airport to recover from such a blow when many airlines are focusing on international service.
5 years ago
Associated Press
AirTran loyalty program members are about to feel the pain of the integration with Southwest up close and personal -- in their mileage redemptions.
5 years ago
Samantha Shankman, Skift
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.
5 years ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
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.
6 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.
6 years ago
Dennis Schaal, Skift
AirTran's flights will be eliminating bag fees even faster than Southwest can repaint the planes.
6 years ago