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Old 04-22-2010 | 05:08 AM
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Originally Posted by beer
Since we have 5.6 billion in the bank, do you think Delta has any interest in buying Airtran? We fly to all the same places so I dont see the benefit, but if I were calling the shots I would do anything to keep Southwest out of ATL. What that worth?
Nope, actually DAL needs to competition in ATL, and AAI is a decent competitor. If we bought them, we would need to give up a good portion of their gates, and we all know who would want em. It would cost too many jobs and there needs to be competition in ATL to keep the regulators happy.