AirTran proposes takeover of Midwest Air
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AirTran Holdings Inc.  said on  Wednesday it had offered to buy rival Midwest Air Group Inc.  .
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Shareholders of the Midwest Air Group elected three directors backed by a hostile suitor, AirTran Holdings, increasing pressure on Midwestâs board to consider AirTranâs $389 million takeover offer for the airline.
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AirTran Holdings Inc. , parent of AirTran Airways, said on Wednesday that despite being rejected several times, it still wants to buy Midwest Air Group Inc.  for almost $300 million.
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IntercontinentalExchange Inc.  on Tuesday made a sweetened merger proposal for CBOT Holdings  continuing the saga for control of the parent of the No. 2 U.S. futures exchange.
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ATA, the biggest airline at Chicago&#39;s Midway Airport, filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday and said it will unload its Midway hub to AirTran Airways.
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US Airways is seeking $800 million in concessions from employee unions as it attempts to avoid filing Chapter 11. The Air Line Pilots Association will present its proposal on the evening of
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SYDNEY, Australia -- Australia's Qantas Airways has been approached by Macquarie Bank and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group about a takeover that analysts said Wednesday could be worth almost 11 billion Australian dollars, or $8.5 billion.
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Anglian Water-owner AWG says it has received an approach which may lead to a bid for the company.
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PHOENIX America West Airlines has backed away from a potential bidding war for bankrupt ATA Airlines, paving the way for AirTran to take over ATA operations.
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America West Airlines backed away Thursday from a potential bidding war for bankrupt ATA Airlines, paving the way for AirTran to take over ATA operations.
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OCTOBER 27, 2004 -- AirTran Airways yesterday announced a deal to acquire assets at Chicago Midway, New York LaGuardia and Reagan Washington National airports from ATA Holdings Corp.
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AirTran Holdings Inc.   wants investors in Midwest Air Group Inc.  to persuade  that carrier's management to reconsider a $290-million takeover  bid, AirTran's chief executive said on Wednesday.
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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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AirTran Airways has agreed to retain 3,200 Chicago-based employees when it acquires bankrupt ATA Airlines&#39; local assets, Mayor Daley said Friday, paving the way for City Hall to approve the transfer of ATA&#39;s 14 gates at Midway Airport.
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AirTran Holdings Inc. , the parent of AirTran Airways, on Wednesday extended the deadline for a second time for shareholders of Midwest Air Group  to accept its hostile takeover bid.
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Tempe -based America West Airlines confirmed its interest in acquiring ATA Airlines on Tuesday after ATA announced it has filed for bankruptcy protection and has agreed to sell some of its assets to AirTran Airways for $87.
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THE REGION AirTran Airways, which began offering Boston-Rochester, N.Y., nonstops in July, will phase them out Jan. 3, a spokeswoman said, after failing to make much headway against US Airways, the dominant carrier on the route. AirTran has recently averaged just 5 percent of the business on the 343-mile route, compared to 84 percent for US Airways, according to FareCompare.com, ...