Inc. All rights reserved. Southern Surprise Hub Deals Atlanta fortress is your good fortune Deregulation of the airline industry has certainly brought an overall reduction in airfares from the days of years gone by. Once, the government set prices, but today, the airlines have managed to carve out markets where they can control prices for the most part with complicity from competing airlines.
Every major airline has at least one, sometimes several, fortress hubs.
It is rare, very rare, that one major airline takes a stab at stealing away passengers from another major airline in that airline's fortress hub. But exactly such a skirmish between Northwest and Delta is offering bargains in the Atlanta market, albeit only on the Internet. All travel must be to or from Atlanta, and tickets must be purchased at least seven days prior to departure. The fares apply only to flights operated by Northwest Airlines and Northwest Airlink. Seats are limited and other restrictions may apply.