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Clark Howard in September regarding the SW/AT link up:
“It’s so good for the flying public,” gushed consumer guru and WSB Radio host Clark Howard. “This is an opportunity for a discounter to have the kind of heft and national reach of the full-fare airlines.”
Oh how disappointed he'll be.
He'll never admit it, after all, he's wedded to Southwest:
“I am just ecstatic,” Howard said. “It’s like my birthday and my wedding day, the whole thing at once. This is really big. Southwest is the most important player in the airline industry and Atlanta is the biggest airport operation in the country. It’s been so weird that Southwest flies to LaGuardia, but not Atlanta.”
Clark Howard “ecstatic” Southwest buying AirTran | Atlanta Bargain Hunter
The comment section is so intriguing. I wish I could've been a part of that when it first came out.