I swear this is it: Midwest/AirTran Saga Finished

Aug 17th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

I don’t even care about this anymore, but I feel like since I started mentioning it, I have to follow it through: Midwest accepted TPG’s buyout offer, and AirTran has said they’re not going to raise their offer anymore. Done and done.

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