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Further to the DL/NW comparison for Alaska/Virgin on B2: When Southwest bought Airtran, it paid $1.4 billion.

Posted by ty97 Apr 3 '16, 16:19

Southwest's goal was clearly to get rid of a competitor, but they still paid a billion less than Alaska is apparently going to pay for Virgin.

Again, Virgin flies to 24 destinations and has 60 planes.

Airtran flew to 69 destinations and had around 140 planes. (88 of those planes were 717s which were quickly offloaded to Delta because Southwest only flies 737s)

This 2.5 billion price is *bonkers*

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How many landing slots does VA have in NY? - iSpam Apr 3, 16:24 5
- Barely any, and def not worth that price. Alaska is paying to eliminate west coast competition. -- (edited) - ty97 Apr 3, 16:33 4
  - That's a significant number of valuable cross country flights. If Alaska wants to be more than regional this is the only way to do it. -- nm - iSpam Apr 3, 16:35 3
    - I don't think they've shown any interest is being anything more than regional other than the few flights they have to the east from the west. - ty97 Apr 3, 16:43 2
      - But still, even if that's what they are after, 2.5B is yikes-worthy. - ty97 Apr 3, 16:44 1
        
        Oh I know it is but it might be the last boat out. -- nm - iSpam Apr 3, 17:31

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Further to the DL/NW comparison for Alaska/Virgin on B2: When Southwest bought Airtran, it paid $1.4 billion.

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