Southwest Airlines Company Mergers and Acquisitions


Southwest Airlines Company

2702 Love Field Drive
Dallas, TX 75235-1908
United States
Tel:1/214/792-4000
URL: http://www.southwest.com
Primary Symbol & Exchange:
LUV - Common Stock - New York Stock Exchange
Industry:
Airline
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Southwest Airlines Company Deal Timeline


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Acquisitions > 100 M$ 10 to 100 M$ < 10M$ Stakes Divestitures

Southwest Airlines Company M&A History


Southwest Airlines Co acquires ATA Airlines-Certain Assets from Global Aero Logistics Inc Southwest Airlines Co acquires ATA Airlines-Certain Assets from Global Aero Logistics IncDec 31, 2004

US - Southwest Airlines Co completed unsolicited offer to acquire certain assets of bankrupt ATA Airlines Inc (AA), a provider of airline transportation services, for an estimated $### mil, via a challenging bid. The transaction was to include # Chicago Midway

Southwest Airlines Co acquires Morris Air Southwest Airlines Co acquires Morris AirDec 31, 1993

Southwest Airlines (SA) acquired all the outstanding stock of Morris Air in exchange for #,###,### SA common shares valued at $###.# mil. The value was based on SA's closing stock price of $## on Dec ##

Southwest Airlines Co acquires Northwest Airlines-18 Gates from Wings Holdings Inc Southwest Airlines Co acquires Northwest Airlines-18 Gates from Wings Holdings IncNov 19, 1991

Southwest Airlines agreed to acquire ## Midway Airport gates from Northwest Airlines, a unit of NWA. Other interested parties included USAir Group, AMR, UAL, Trans World Airlines and Continental Airlines. Northwest acquired leaseholds for ## gates for $## mil as

Investor Group acquires a minority stake in Southwest Airlines Co Investor Group acquires a minority stake in Southwest Airlines CoJan 16, 1990

Hill Investments and other elements of the Hill family of Dallas announced that they held a #.##%, #,###,### share stake in Southwest Airlines, including #,###,### shares purchased between ##/#/## and #/#/##

Continental Airlines Inc acquires TranStar Airlines-15 Aircraft from Southwest Airlines Co Continental Airlines Inc acquires TranStar Airlines-15 Aircraft from Southwest Airlines CoAug 09, 1987

Continental Airlines, a subsidiary of Texas Air, acquired ## aircraft and related parts and equipment from TranStar Airlines, a unit of Southwest Airlines. Continental paid $## mil cash and assumed $### mil in debt and lease obligations in the liquidation

Southwest Airlines Co acquires Muse Air Corp Southwest Airlines Co acquires Muse Air CorpDec 12, 1985

Southwest Airlines (SA) acquired Muse Air in a transaction valued at $## mil to $## mil. SA offered $# in cash, #.### shares of SA and #.## of a #-year warrant to purchase SA common at $##

Southwest Airlines Co withdraws offer for America West Airlines Inc Southwest Airlines Co withdraws offer for  America West Airlines IncDec 18, 1984

AMER WEST REJECTS OFFER FROM SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

Southwest Airlines Company M&A Summary


Southwest Airlines Company has made 3 acquisitions while taking stakes in 0 companies. Southwest Airlines Company has 2 divestitures during this period.
YearAcquisitionsStakesDivestitures
2009000
2008000
2007000
2006000
2005000
2004100
2003000
2002000
2001000
2000000
1999000
1998000
1997000
1996000
1995000
1994000
1993100
1992000
1991000
1990001
1989000
1988000
1987001
1986000
1985100
Total302

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