they ll also be able to go to new york laguardia, expanding into newark and boston. this is going to be i really don t see where the government s going to have too many problems with this airline aqua swigs. after merging northwest and dead ta and the continental united states. continental united. probably a no-brainer. thanks, tom. love the shirt, by the way. now let s go to wall street and see how investors are reacting. alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. what are traders say about this deal between southwest and airtran? traders love this. investors love this deal. remember, call it coincidence, southwest ticker symbol here at the nyse is luv. airtran shares now surging 60%, because for shareholders, this is a money-making opportunity for them. they re going to get a 69% premium over friday s closing price. not a bad deal. southwest shares, they re up 10%. that s because the company says