Delta Air Lines has emerged as one of the leading airlines not only in the United States but also in the world. Today, the ...

Southwest is no stranger to airline mergers. It rose to market dominance in 2011 when it acquired and gradually integrated into its network the former Orlando-based low-cost carrier AirTran Airways.

Bewley also served in executive roles at AirTran Airways. He holds an executive master of business administration from the University of Florida and a bachelor of science in accounting from the ...

Delta bought Northwest, and Southwest Airlines bought AirTran. Today the airline industry helps propel around $2 trillion in economic activity. Millions of jobs in the U.S. airline sector now fall ...

Virgin America was acquired by Alaska Airlines while AirTran Airways and Morris Air were acquired by Southwest Airlines. In Canada, Canadian Airlines was merged into Air Canada. While in Brazil ...

Coming in last, Delta responded only 307 times, .3 percent, and AirTran did not respond at all. Southwest had the highest percentage of positive mentions, 36.5 percent, and U.S. Airways had the ...