LaGuardia Flights in AMR Merger Sold to Southwest, Virgin
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Southwest Airlines Co. and Virgin America Inc. are poised to add flights at New York’s LaGuardia Airport as American Airlines and US Airways Group Inc. pull back there to settle the U.S. antitrust lawsuit against their merger.
Southwest, the biggest discount carrier, will buy 12 new flight slots, enough for six daily round trips, along with 10 slots now leased from American, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a regulatory filing. Virgin America will get 12 flight slots.