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?
YO! Beer, you working? Whens the last time you flew? I think at the earliest for me it'll be 19 days between my last flight and possibly the next, we'll see.
I don't think we could ever merge AirTran and get that passed the DOJ. To keep SWA out of ATL you just have to make them miserable and they know we'd create a price war with them wherever they went and they know it wouldn't be a problem for us. It wasn't a problem with B6's short stay in ATL. It'd also be fun I think to do but SWA lives in the haze of travel bookings and a direct price comparison would not be something they want.
Besides I'm hearing that while they're ramping up DEN they're not making money out there. SLC didn't work out great for them either. But they're desperate enough to go after LGA and DCA. I'm surprised they don't go to Macon or something.