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The Idiocy Behind Airline Mergers

 Apr 02, 2008 02:40 PM UTC
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The math behind airline mergers doesn't add up, and the fact that the two most successful airlines in the US, American (NYSE: AMR) and Southwest (NYSE: LUV) are not merger happy is because they know the weakness of the math.




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