AirTran Airways, the Atlanta-based discount airline, will be acquired by leading low-fare carrier Southwest Airlines for $1.43 billion, expanding Southwest’s market footprint in the Eastern United ...

DALLAS, Texas – Southwest Airlines and its wholly owned subsidiary AirTran Airways announced today new destinations and nonstop routes as they extend their flight schedules for reservations from June ...

• The transaction: Southwest agreed to acquire AirTran Holdings for approximately $1.4 billion in cash and stock. AirTran shareholders will receive $3.75 in cash and 0.321 shares of Southwest common ...

AirTran said late yesterday it had resolved most of the problems caused by an upgrade to its reservation and check-in system that caused significant check-in delays throughout its network. AirTran had ...

Airline Offers Sale Fares as Low as $59 One-Way AirTran Airways, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV), today announced a fare sale offering Customers air fares starting as ...

Southwest Airlines and its subsidiary AirTran Airways are on track to publish full integrated flight schedules for domestic operations during the first quarter of 2013, which will allow passengers to ...

Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), the parent company ...

AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), launched a sale for travel to all of the airline's destinations with special low fares. Travelers may purchase these sale fares at ...

What do you get when you merge one low-cost airline with another? In Atlanta, the math says you get higher fares. As AirTran Airways’ final days draw near and it is fully absorbed by Southwest ...