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According To USA Today:
-UPDATE (8:36 a.m. ET): Southwest will buy AirTran for $1.4 billion in a cash-and-stock deal, a move that will consolidate the nation’s two leading low-cost carriers.
With the deal, Southwest would be able to to add or expand service in in key markets, such as Atlanta, Washington Reagan National, New York LaGuardia and Boston.
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Not one bit! This is awemazing. AirTran was awful, Southwest has always been great. This will do wonders for my travel life! haha
As Jim Gaffigan said on twitter today – Hey Southwest, I think you’re over paying by like 1.4 billion.