Originally Posted by
Mason32
AMR will buy Airtran after the NW/Delta deal goes through. AMR will not lose the title of largest airline in the world. Their big heads won't allow it, so they'll buy something... AirTran for example.
American is not good at this sort of thing. TWA aside, they just screw up or dismantle the carrier they buy. Reno Air, AirCal, both gone and their routes abandoned, only to have Southwest move right in to those routes and make money.
I see AirTran surviving and picking up parts of what's left from some of the others that will fail.