Just announced: Southwest just bought AirTran

[Stinky The Clown]

http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2010/09/27/southwest-airtran-deltas-nightmare-year-continues/

Delta is taking a hit as a result as it puts some very stiff price competition right into Atlanta.

[Chipper Chat]

1. I hope they didn't buy those awful AirTran commercials as well.

nt

[CatWoman]

2. Stinky

Delta was the ones who started that "luggage fee" shit too.

And the other airlines followed their lead -- EXCEPT Southwest.

It's gonna be interesting.....

[Stinky The Clown]

3. Delta deserves to get their asses kicked. They still live in 1985.

Southwest is where flying is now. AirTran and jetBlue are the result. Now it will be just JetBlue and Southwest.

[pansypoo53219]

4. they should charge for carry on

cause that is where the delay crap starts.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

5. "Thank you for flying ValuJet", Michael Moore says.

AirTran used to be ValuJet. They changed their name after the horrific crash in the Florida Everglades that you may remember.

[Stinky The Clown]

6. Yup ..... illegal O2 cannisters in the belly.

[NeedleCast]

7. Probably a Good Thing

Southwest, as a corporation, seems to be able to make money pretty much hand over fist while the rest of the "big" airlines out there struggle despite tacking on more and more additional fees.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

10. and they do it with some of the highest wages in the industry

Funny how having a workforce that isn't completely disgruntled and angry can work out.

[Jack_DeLeon]

8. Go Southwest....

if it werent for them poorer people like me would probably not be able to travel and see much of the rest of the country.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

9. Giving Southwest a larger club to beat the legacies with can only be good

and before the uninformed begin to whine Southwest is contrary to popular belief unionized.

Delta Airlines on dropping my passport behind the podium while boarding an international flight:
"Don't hold up my line asshole, check the lost-and-found when you get back"

[Sgent]

11. Crud

I actually liked AirTran... cheap business class and assigned seats.