NEW YORK — Southwest's decision to buy AirTran will mean more routes and fewer delays and cancellations in small cities but higher fares in the Northeast and perhaps the end of the super-low sale fare ...

Southwest Airlines agreed to buy AirTran this week for $1.4 billion. When the combination is complete, fliers — especially those used to AirTran — will notice plenty of changes, from the way they book ...

DALLAS - Leisure travelers turned Southwest Airlines Co. into a profit-making machine, but Monday's acquisition of AirTran shows how much Southwest is counting on business travelers to propel its ...

By acquiring AirTran, Southwest increases passenger traffic by 25 percent. It gains AirTran's hub in Atlanta, a business-travel center that had been missing from Southwest's route map. It gains a ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Southwest agreed to buy AirTran in a $1.4 billion deal that will combine two of the country's largest low-fare airlines and give Southwest a bigger slice of the market in the Northeast ...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division has approved Southwest Airlines' acquisition of AirTran, clearing the way for the carriers to merge. Southwest then reaffirmed plans to close the ...

When Southwest Airlines entered the metro Atlanta market — first in 2011 when it bought AirTran Airways, then a year later when it launched its own flights — metro travelers excitedly expected ...

Southwest Airlines Co.'s acquisition of AirTran Holdings Inc. for about $1.4 billion in cash and stock would be the largest in its 39-year history and give the carrier access to Atlanta, the world's ...

Southwest Airlines is planning to buy discount rival AirTran for $1.4 billion. The move will put Southwest into dozens of new cities, and will ramp up pressure on the big carriers. Southwest Airlines ...

For nearly four decades, Southwest Airlines had been in a perpetual state of growth, entering new markets, undercutting network carrier pricing and steadily spreading its brand across the United ...

In a taste of things to come, some AirTran flights are now losing their bag fees. AirTran normally charges $25 for a first checked bag and $35 for the second. But parent company Southwest Airlines, ...