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...Over the past five years, the DoJ has approved three significant airline mergers – between Delta and Northwest Airlines, United and Continental and Southwest and AirTran....
...As well as the 2010 merger between United and Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines combined with Northwest Airlines in 2008 and Southwest Airlines bought AirTran last year....
...Two-thirds of full-year 29 per cent revenue growth came from the addition of budget rival AirTran Airways, which Southwest bought in May and is moving swiftly to integrate....
...air travel in the deteriorating economic environment meant Ryanair could continue to increase market share on European short-haul routes at the expense of flag carriers including Lufthansa and British Airways...
...Dallas-based Southwest Airlines bought AirTran , which uses Atlanta as its main hub, for $1.4bn. Including AirTran’s debt and aircraft leases, the deal is valued at $3.4bn....
...Republic Airways, the US regional airline which last week moved to buy troubled peers Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines, is still in the market for other acquisitions....
...It is served by six airlines led by Southwest Airlines and including AirTran Airways, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines and Frontier Airlines....
...The US airlines, on the whole, have yet to order new aircraft, but since the end of May the budget carriers JetBlue and AirTran have deferred delivery of 39 single-aisle planes out to the middle of the next...
..., Continental and AirTran....
...AirTran....
...Now more carriers, including JetBlue Airways and AirTran Airways, have joined Southwest Airlines as proven competitors....
...Northwest Airlines, JetBlue Airways and AirTran Holdings added their names to the roll call of US carriers that limped into 2008 with a quarterly loss amid record fuel costs....
...Recent contested takeover battles – such as US Airways’ pursuit of Delta and AirTran’s unsuccessful effort to buy Midwest – saw both targets decline to open their books....
...The Milwaukee-based carrier had been pursued for months by AirTran, the fast-growing low-cost carrier which was anxious to expand from its focus on the east coast....
...Delta has argued that a combination with US Airways would also be blocked because both carriers have a large presence in the south-eastern US....
...US Airways, a prime beneficiary of the shrinking of carriers such as Delta in the domestic market, cut its own capacity forecast for the year, and said there was little visibility as the industry entered...
...Bloomberg reported that Mr Fornaro expressed interest in assets that could be sold if US Airways hostile bid for Delta Air Line is successful....
...The Spanish flag carrier is its partner in the oneworld alliance, alongside British Airways, and is the subject of a potential bid from a private equity-led consortium....
...Florida-based AirTran has been pursuing Midwest for a year, pre-dating the recent frenzy of proposed deal-making among the larger network carriers triggered by US Airways’ hostile bid for Delta Air Lines...
...US Airways last month initiated an $8.7bn takeover of Delta and, since then, the sector has awaited further deals....
...JetBlue , up 7.4 per cent at $15.13, and AirTran , up 15.9 per cent to $12.83, were helped in part by upgrades to “outperform” from Bear Stearns....
...JetBlue , up 9 per cent at $15.36, and AirTran , up 17.4 per cent to $13, were helped in part by upgrades to “outperform” from Bear Stearns....
...JetBlue announced plans on Tuesday to start code-sharing with international carriers, in another departure by the US airline from the low-cost business model adopted by rivals such as Southwest and AirTran...
...JetBlue , up 9.9 per cent to $14.58, and AirTran , which gained 26.3 per cent to $13.03, helped in part by upgrades....
...The potential deal-making has also extended to the low-cost sector, with AirTran launching a hostile $290m offer on Wednesday for Milwaukeee-based Midwest Air, which operates business class-focused services...
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