Southwest's Artful Approach

There are some things Southwest Airlines (LUV Quote) just doesn't want to do -- and now it's found someone else to do them.

A partnership with ATA Airlines, forged in a 2004 deal to acquire gates at Chicago's Midway Airport, is providing Southwest with options it never had before.

Through a code-share agreement, Southwest can put its passengers on ATA flights to congested airports like New York's LaGuardia, Dallas-Fort Worth International and Washington's Reagan National, on over-water flights to Hawaii and, potentially, on international flights, as well. ...