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Midwest’s found money: adequate AirTran defence?
They say honesty is the best policy, and you have to admire the Midwest Airlines employee who stumbled on a bag of gems near the Kansas City airport, a haul worth about a cool quarter million dollars....
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That’s the spirit: Florida carrier wants to be asked
Limited offer! Act now! That’s the pitch from spirited little Spirit, the South Florida carrier that’s seeking southward growth. Moving to establish itself as the first truly low-fares airlines between...
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The besieged castle: Midwest’s gates opening?
Under assault for more than a year, Midwest Airlines has held out against the entreaties of AirTran, saying the market likes its independence. But after the market’sresponse to the two carriers in the...
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Suspense! Midwest-AirTran cliff-hanger nears its end
Suspenders! That’s what we used to say when a film or a television series ended in suspense-producing cliff-hanger. And that’s how the weekend must have been at Midwest Airlines. AirTran Airways’...
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Midwest’s White Knight arrives
The suspense is over: AirTran let its bid for Midwest Airlines expire and said the two airlines had ended discussions of a possible merger, AirTran chairman and chief executive Joe Leonard announced....
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Fingernails and hedge funds: investors push AirTran to keep pushing
It’s back the cliffs’ edge, and the story’s hero is hanging on by his fingernails….just when we thought the Midwest saga was over, it isn’t. About a day after Midwest’s board had announced a final,...
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Midwest’s back to TPG basics: AirTran to go it alone
Midwest Airline’s board announced a final, binding decision to sell out to private-equity giant TPG, the Texas Pacific Group, with Northwest Airlines included as a ‘passive’ investor. Their...
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No regrets at AirTran, the opportunist
What might AirTran and Edith Piaf have in common? No regrets, as the Little Sparrow would have said. Rebuffed in its pursuit of Midwest Airlines, the Orlando-based AirTran has not looked back. It’s...
View ArticleAirline video mayhem – some Easter viewing pleasure
OK it’s April Fool’s Day but this is no prank. Simply a collection of offbeat airline videos, many of them ads, for a bit of fun over the Easter weekend. No 1: The AirTran Airways stampede - a low-cost...
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A cake for JetBlue
Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport must really want JetBlue Airways. A four-tier cake arrived at the low-cost carrier’s New York headquarters from the Virginia airport decorated with...
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