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Republic Airways (not Southwest) Buys Frontier Airlines

August 14, 2009 | Posted in: Airline News,Southwest


Last week, Southwest Airlines appeared supremely confident that they would be successful in their bid to purchase Frontier Airlines. This confidence seemed supported when Southwest placed an initial bid of $170M, which was significantly higher than Republic’s bid of $108.8M. However, things still had to go to auction, and Southwest’s confidence wasn’t enough to make the deal happen:

“Southwest saw its $170 million bid for Frontier rejected Thursday evening after the pilots union of the two airlines could not agree to terms in a merger.” (from KansasCity.com)

Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly stood by Southwest’s decision not to remove the labor requirement from their bid: “We said all along that we would only move forward on this deal if it proved to be the right decision for our employees and financially prudent for our company.”

Republic’s purchase of Frontier comes on the heels of their purchase of Midwest Airlines.

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