07:23 AM CDT on Friday, April 2, 2010
By TERRY MAXON / The Dallas Morning News
tmaxon@dallasnews.com
Southwest Airlines Co. said Thursday that its partnership with WestJet Airlines Ltd. is in jeopardy because the Canadian carrier also wants to partner with Delta Air Lines Inc.
The dispute is a setback for the Dallas-based carrier's efforts to begin offering international service through other airlines.
Delta and WestJet have both said recently that WestJet may start a code-sharing arrangement with Delta. Southwest said the Delta-WestJet linkup "could be inconsistent with the agreement presently in place between Southwest and WestJet."
