No-Frills Southwest To Buy Competitor AirTran
by Greg Allen, NPRSeptember 28, 2010
Southwest Airlines is planning to buy discount rival AirTran for $1.4 billion. The move will put Southwest into dozens of new cities, and will ramp up pressure on the big carriers.
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