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Old Feb 26, 2002 | 8:59 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by richard:
Southwest doesn't acquire other airlines. They grow internally.</font>
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Southwest bought a lowfare competitor, I believe its name was TransStar, in it's early days. In the early 90's they bought an airline out of Salt Lake City by the name of Morris Air. A good chunk of Southwest's flying in the Mountain West, and Pacific Northwest came from that acquisition.

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