Southwest CEO: AirTran merger 'hedge against higher fuel prices'

Southwest Airlines Chairman, President and CEO Gary Kelly said Friday that rising fuel prices make the LCC's planned acquisition of AirTran Airways ( ATW Daily News, Feb. 25 ) "absolutely imperative." Speaking at a hearing held in Milwaukee by the US Senate's subcommittee on antitrust, competition...

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