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Old May 19, 2014 | 11:40 am
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Originally Posted by rsteinmetz70112
In fact when the purchase was announced Southwest and Southwest each served 69 cities at acquisition. Airtran and Southwest only served 30 of the same cities for a total of 108 cities and overlapped on only 19 routes.

Only a few changes were for consolidation or other reasons, DFW for example.
Following your math, WN picked up 39 cities as a result of the merger, ie, went from 69 to 108. They are now down to 97 cities (according to WN's website) and will lose three more in early June for a total of 94. That's a loss of 14 cities since 2011. Someone correct me if my numbers are wrong.

So exactly how many cities did WN add after merging with AirTran? Even if they added a few, they are still down a net 14 since 2011.
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