Very interesting! "JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) chief executive David Neeleman, in a speech to investors, said his airline would be interested in buying flight slots at National and New York's LaGuardia Airport."
Positiverate From United States, joined May 2005, 1590 posts, RR: 6 Reply 4, posted (1 year 8 months 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 1230 times:
Quoting FA4B6 (Thread starter): Very interesting! "JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) chief executive David Neeleman, in a speech to investors, said his airline would be interested in buying flight slots at National and New York's LaGuardia Airport."
And in other news the sun came up today in the East...
Panamair From United States, joined Oct 2001, 2884 posts, RR: 15 Reply 5, posted (1 year 8 months 2 weeks 6 days ago) and read 1074 times:
Yes, and Dougie will try to pull the wool over by pointing to this and WN's interest in entering LGA/DCA, etc., as examples of how LCC competition is alive and well and that the "New Delta" will be faced with low fare competition, etc. However, ask B6 whether they'd be interested in AVL, or GNV, or LYH perhaps....
FlyPNS1 From United States, joined Nov 1999, 2997 posts, RR: 12 Reply 6, posted (1 year 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 1013 times:
Quoting Panamair (Reply 5): However, ask B6 whether they'd be interested in AVL, or GNV, or LYH perhaps....
So the merger should be killed because of a handful of towns that will now have a monopoly. Give me a break......
Again, I'm not saying I think the merger of US and DL is a good idea. It has a whole host of problems. But the overlap problem and the concerns about monopolies in a handful of small towns is overblown.
Azul320 From United States, joined Jun 2004, 254 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (1 year 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 621 times:
I believe JetBlue was waiting for US to flop before the AmWest merger saved their existance. B6 was waiting to claim the LGA slots for the E190 cities. For example PIT/CMH/CLT/RDU/ETC to LGA. More of a demand for LGA than JFK.
HPAEAA From United States, joined May 2006, 948 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (1 year 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 12 hours ago) and read 604 times:
Quoting FlyPNS1 (Reply 6): So the merger should be killed because of a handful of towns that will now have a monopoly. Give me a break......
Again, I'm not saying I think the merger of US and DL is a good idea. It has a whole host of problems. But the overlap problem and the concerns about monopolies in a handful of small towns is overblown.
it's more than a couple... and try telling that to the people that are served by those markets... It may not be enough to derail the merger, but it is a concern... the potentially negative effect on local economies should be considered...
AkjetBlue From United States, joined Dec 2003, 790 posts, RR: 5 Reply 11, posted (1 year 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 530 times:
Quoting Azul320 (Reply 9): I believe JetBlue was waiting for US to flop before the AmWest merger saved their existance. B6 was waiting to claim the LGA slots for the E190 cities. For example PIT/CMH/CLT/RDU/ETC to LGA. More of a demand for LGA than JFK.
Just my $0.02
Ding! we have a winner... well at least IMO that's what I thought B6 was waiting for as well. So for now they'll stick with maintaining JFK and building their other focus cities. My guess is since US didn't fail they'll try to build up IAD since they can't gain a presence at DCA. Maybe MCO or FLL will be grown as well but all in good time.
As always the industry is forever changing, it's a continuous process for airlines to adapt to the environment and changes. It's really a question to see who can adapt the best.
Positiverate From United States, joined May 2005, 1590 posts, RR: 6 Reply 12, posted (1 year 8 months 2 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 489 times:
Quoting HPAEAA (Reply 10): Quoting FlyPNS1 (Reply 6):
So the merger should be killed because of a handful of towns that will now have a monopoly. Give me a break......
Again, I'm not saying I think the merger of US and DL is a good idea. It has a whole host of problems. But the overlap problem and the concerns about monopolies in a handful of small towns is overblown.
it's more than a couple... and try telling that to the people that are served by those markets... It may not be enough to derail the merger, but it is a concern... the potentially negative effect on local economies should be considered...
Agreed. Take a city like MGM. DL flies 7x daily to ATL. US flies 3x daily. Doubtful that a combined entity will offer 10 flights daily, to say nothing of the fact that you lose the competition of having two airlines in the market. And previosu posters are right. B6, WN, FL, et.al. are NOT rushing to jump into those markets.
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