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Prices. not always the case. in this case what does it mean when it s two discount airlines? i think the thing to remember is why southwest is buying airtran and the reason they re buying it is to buy market share. by buying this carrier it is getting a hot roll straight into atlanta hartsfield, because airtran is such a big player there. it is also buying coverage and route coverage into the northeast united states, to boston, to new york, to washington. those key routes where southwest has had presence but has not been dominant or indeed not able to get much of a footprint. buy airtran and you start to make huge in-roads into the northeast corridor and the whole eastern seaboard of the united states. now, rick seaney, southwest likes s ts to sight something calls the route brings fees and prices doin on the routes. is that likely to happen? ....