Southwest makes strong bid for Midway gates
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Southwest Airlines has offered more than $100 million for part of ATA&#39;s operations at Chicago&#39;s Midway Airport. If successful, it could torpedo AirTran Airway&#39;s efforts to create a hub there.
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Alamosa Holdings Inc.  said on Monday it made an unsolicited bid for AirGate PCS Inc.  worth about &#36;380 million, which would create one of the largest sellers of wireless telephone service under the Sprint  brand.
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Southwest Airlines, the airline industry's healthiest player, delivered a punch to struggling US Airways, announcing plans to start service from Pittsburgh.
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Are low-fare carriers growing too fast and too big for their own good? Low-fare granddaddy Southwest Airlines plans to challenge bankrupt US Airways at its Pittsburgh stronghold beginning in May, furthering its encroachment into the Northeast.
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The bidding war for bankrupt ATA Airlines&#39; assets heated up on Friday when Southwest Airlines offered at least $100 million in cash and loans for gates at Chicago&#39;s Midway Airport and an alliance with ATA, its main rival there.
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A $10 fare hike by Southwest Airlines Co, has triggered matching fare increases by rivals as the industry struggles to offset soaring fuel prices and build on a recovery that began last year.
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Taking advantage of the troubles at rival ATA Airlines, Southwest Airlines Co. announced Monday it would add 16 nonstop flights from Midway Airport.
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AirTran Airways said Tuesday it will pay nearly $90 million to take over operations at all 14 of bankrupt ATA&#39;s gates at Chicago&#39;s Midway airport.
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Bankrupt ATA Airlines&#39; withdrawal from Chicago&#39;s Midway International Airport presents a juicy opportunity for another airline to beef up service in the Midwest
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Southwest Airlines emerged on Wednesday as the victor in the battle for the assets of ATA, the bankrupt low-cost carrier, beating a rival offer from AirTran and underscoring its
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A federal bankruptcy court judge on  Tuesday approved a $117 million bid from Southwest Airlines  LUV.N for assets of ATA Holdings Corp. ATAHQ.PK, clearing  the way for a deal that allows the airlines to sell tickets on  some of each other's flights.
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United Airlines on Thursday said its  low-cost carrier Ted will begin service from Chicago's Midway  International Airport in April, putting Ted in closer  competition with discount rivals such as Southwest Airlines .
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Southwest Airlines says boosting its presence at Chicago&#39;s Midway airport has just become its top priority, USA Today said Friday.
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Southwest Airlines Co  and  Continental Airlines Inc , two of the largest U.S.  carriers, posted higher quarterly earnings on Thursday as  fuller planes and fare increases helped offset soaring fuel  costs.
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Southwest Airlines&#39; package of $117 million in cash, loan payoffs and preferred stock purchases was selected as the winning bid at the bankruptcy court-approved auction for certain ATA Airlines Inc.
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INDIANAPOLIS - ATA Airlines has accepted a $117 million offer from Southwest Airlines that would forge close ties between two of the largest US discount carriers.
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ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AAI), today called the Southwest Airlines&#39; bid for ATA Airlines&#39; assets a &quot;clever trick&quot; to eliminate competition at Chicago Midway&#39;s Airport.