Report: Southwest Offers Bid to Take Control of ATA
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Southwest Airlines Co. has offered to take nearly complete control of ATA Airlines Inc., a step that would foil ATA's plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection as a smaller carrier, according to a published report.
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America West Holdings Corp., parent of America West Airlines Inc., on Thursday said it does not plan to submit a bid to acquire bankrupt ATA Holdings Corp.
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Australian airline Quantas receives a takeover approach from Macquarie bank and Texas International.
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Indianapolis, Dec. 16 - Southwest Airlines says ATA Airlines had accepted its bid for the bankrupt carriers&#39; operations at Chicago&#39;s Midway airport.
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While the entire airline industry&#39;s finances are under water, ATA Airlines will have to hold its breath longer than its competitors to keep from going belly up.
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A deal to unload its gates at Chicago Midway Airport and two other cities for $87.5 million gives ATA Holdings Corp. a big advantage going into bankruptcy reorganization, experts say, both in negotiating better
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ATA Airlines isn&#39;t commenting on reports that the Indianapolis-based carrier is trying to sell its holdings. Reports surfaced citing unnamed sources that ATA is in merger talks with Tempe
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Qantas Airways Ltd. , Australia's top airline, is expected to announce a takeover offer of around A$10.9 billion (US$8.55 billion) from a consortium led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  this week, possibly as early as Wednesday, sources said.
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A federal bankruptcy court judge on Tuesday approved a &#36;117 million bid from Southwest Airlines  for assets of ATA Holdings Corp. , clearing the way for a deal that allows the airlines to sell tickets on some of each other's flights.
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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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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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The sit-wherever-you-want-to, provided-you- can-find-it philosophy that has long been associated with Southwest Airlines&#39; culture of folksy informality isn&#39;t going away anytime soon, despite a flurry of media reports earlier this week that implied it might
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Australian airline Qantas receives a takeover approach from Macquarie bank and Texas International.
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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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INDIANAPOLIS ATA Holdings Corporation has accepted Southwest Airline&#39;s 117 (m) million-dollar bid for its operations at Chicago&#39;s Midway International Airport.
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What Southwest Airlines wants, Southwest gets, assuming that a federal bankruptcy judge goes along. Southwest, the biggest and richest low-fare airline, won a weeklong bidding war yesterday
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Newspaper says largest US discount carrier could boost annual revenue by $60 million as a result. NEW YORK  - Southwest Airlines Inc.