FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - More awesomeness out of ATL thanks to Southwest

May 3, 2014 | 11:25 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AMflier

Airlines: Mergers allowed: Prices going up

Mobile phones: Merger blocked (AT&T / T-Mobile): Prices going down

Of course, we conveniently forget that, for the decade from 2000-2010, we really weren't paying the full cost of air travel and the airlines collectively lost billions (except for Southwest). Telecom has not suffered that fate for the most part.