Originally Posted by
RSVP
Have you taken a look at the sale price?
Yeah, the shareholders will make out on the deal. I doubt AirTran's management and board of directors will be flying Southwest when this is all said and done, though.
Originally Posted by
veliger
I bet they keep the 717's. They are still the most efficient aircraft in their size class, and they are bulletproof, much more rubust than the 737.
And more importantly, the 717 is right sized for many markets the 737 is too large for. This could help improve Southwest's worst in the industry load factors since the 737 is too large for many markets Southwest serves.
I doubt it. Southwest has shedded all the non-737 aircraft from all the acquisitions they've made over the years. They've proven that it saves on maintenance costs by flying a (nearly) uniform fleet.
Originally Posted by
dioxide45
This is really depressing for us.
Me too. This sucks.