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Southwest Decides Which AirTran Cities Make the Cut as It Adds Seats

While I was off, Southwest made a couple of interesting moves worth talking about. By far the most interesting to me was a decision on which AirTran markets stay in the system and which ones disappear. (You can also see full schedule changes for the summer...

Published Mon, Jan 23 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, AirTran
Cranky on the Web (November 28 – December 2)

Air Travel Naughty and Nice List: Point Counterpoint – Conde Nast Daily Traveler One Daily Traveler blogger wrote about the Consumer Reports Naughty and Nice list. As usual, I had a different view. They’re posted together as a point-counterpoint...

Published Sat, Dec 3 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, AirTran
Southwest Announces New International Service, Buries Route and City Cuts

It looks like Southwest has decided to take a queue from the old school PR handbook by making a big splash over new city and route announcements while quietly slipping in cuts to other cities and routes. There are a lot of changes with the schedule for...

Published Tue, Nov 15 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, AirTran
Southwest Brings Its Airplanes to Atlanta for Valentine’s Day

Southwest’s acquisition of AirTran made a little news yesterday when it was announced that Southwest would bring its own airplanes to Atlanta starting on February 12. That’s just in time for the LUV-iest day of the year, Valentine’s...

Published Tue, Aug 23 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, Mergers/Finance, AirTran
Southwest’s First Scheduling Moves at AirTran Give Us Insight Into the Merger Plans

Earlier this week, Southwest publicly announced its first schedule changes for its new AirTran subsidiary. The changes, though small, give us a lot of insight into how Southwest is thinking about its AirTran purchase. It’s actually kind of exciting...

Published Thu, Jun 16 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, AirTran
Cranky on the Web (May 9 – 13)

Southwest, AirTran merger may mean changes for Northeast Ohio airports – WKSU I spoke with an Ohio public radio affiliate about the impact of the Southwest/AirTran merger on the region. (This should have been included last week, but I missed it...

Published Sat, May 14 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, Mergers/Finance, AirTran
Topic of the Week: Southwest/AirTran Merger is Approved

The Department of Justice approved the Southwest/AirTran merger without any changes this week. The DOJ said it had no concerns about an anti-competitive impact from the merger. Do you agree? Are you surprised that it sailed through? Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 29 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, Mergers/Finance, AirTran
Cranky on the Web (October 25-29)

AirTran Pilots Have a New Tentative Agreement, Thanks to Southwest – BNET Headwinds AirTran pilots have an agreement, and it comes suspiciously close on the heels of the acquisition agreement by Southwest. Interesting, no? Federal Air-Service Grant...

Published Sat, Oct 30 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, Horizon, Labor Relations, AirTran, SJC - San Jose
Cranky on the Web (October 4-8)

How the SkyTeam Alliance Became a Rehab Center for Global Airlines – BNET Headwinds SkyTeam has picked up some of the more questionable names in the airline world, but it might be a great strategy. How the Southwest-AirTran Merger Creates a Labor...

Published Sat, Oct 9 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, SkyTeam, British Airways, American, BNET, AirTran, Iberia
Cranky on the Web (September 28-October 1)

Southwest Acquires AirTran: Six Reasons This is a Great Move – BNET Headwinds Part one of my story focused on the positive things to come out of this merger. Lambert cautious over Southwest-AirTran deal – St Louis Post-Dispatch I was asked...

Published Sat, Oct 2 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, BNET, AirTran, Spirit
Frontier and Other Airlines Stand to Gain From the Southwest/AirTran Deal

I’ve seen countless articles/posts/interviews talking about how the Southwest/AirTran merger is going to be terrible for every other airline out there. The newly-created behemoth will dominate and crush everyone around. Seriously? Don’t believe...

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Southwest, Mergers/Finance, AirTran
Southwest Buys AirTran: Here’s What We Know So Far

I like to try and ease into the work week, but Southwest rudely prevented that from happening by announcing the airline would acquire AirTran bright and early yesterday morning. But that’s ok. I forgive them. This is a really interesting move for...

Published Tue, Sep 28 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, Mergers/Finance, AirTran
Cranky on the Web (May 17 – 21)

Union-Vote Rule Change: Bad News for Non-Union Delta, JetBlue – BNET The National Mediation Board made some rule changes recently and it may be causing some airlines to sweat. Southwest Airlines’ March Meltdown — Less Than Meets the...

Published Sat, May 22 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, US Airways, Frontier, Southwest, Continental, Mergers/Finance, Mesa Airlines, BNET, Labor Relations, AirTran, Spirit
Was There a Terrorist Dry Run on an AirTran Plane? (I Think Not)

Did you guys see this really odd story about some problem passengers on an AirTran flight last month? I can’t quite figure out how this thing blew up to the point where people were thinking it was a terrorist dry run, but it looks like the reports...

Published Mon, Dec 7 2009 4:17 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: AirTran
Allegiant Fights AirTran, Enters Orlando

For years we’ve heard Allegiant proclaim that they don’t really like competition. They’ve often boasted about how few of their routes have competitors, and they’ve had no qualms about walking away from a route that suddenly performs...

Published Wed, Dec 2 2009 3:38 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Allegiant, AirTran, MCO - Orlando

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