Power Breakfast: Southwest-AirTran deal, MARTA, Delta, Chinese currency, McDonald’s, financial overhaul
When the $1.4 billion Southwest-AirTran deal announced this week is completed, fliers — especially those used to AirTran — will notice plenty of changes, from the way they book to the way they board, Associated Press reported.
On fares, for example, the “Southwest effect” is well-documented — when it enters a new market, fares fall, often steeply, AP wrote.
Travelers in Atlanta should see lower fares to places where Southwest flies but AirTran does not, such as Cleveland, Louisville and Little Rock.
The article also discusses the merger’s likely effects on passengers of both companies and on smaller markets.
In the AJC:
- Deal: Bankruptcy case has no effect on campaign
- MARTA vending machines coming Friday
- Settlement calls for schools and creditors to split Kathy Cox’s $1 million prize
- Delta objects to new passenger rules
- Accrediting agency asked to review Atlanta school board decisions
- Atlanta software company making the bucks listening to voices
In other media:
- China criticizes U.S. currency bill as protectionism
- McDonald’s may drop health plan
- JPMorgan suspending foreclosures
- More options for seniors with high drug costs
- Fed working on overhaul rules
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September 30th, 2010
8:15 am
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Michael
September 30th, 2010
10:54 am
Me love Southwest long time.