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Midwest Feels the Heat at Milwaukee Hub

Stock quotes in this article: MEH , AAI , NWACQ , JBLU , LUV , DAL  

The odds seem tipped against Midwest Airlines(MEH Quote) in its battle for survival.

If the airline does not succumb in the hostile merger battle now being waged by AirTran(AAI Quote), it may well do so in the hostile competitive battle that AirTran and others will wage for its Milwaukee hub.

Midwest is a model corporate citizen, grounded in its community, fighting the trend of depersonalization and imbued with Midwest charm. But it is also an anachronism, flying costly airplanes, barely diversified beyond its single hub and baking chocolate-chip cookies on its flights, an Andy Hardy type in a Paris Hilton world. ...

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