Laserjet From New Zealand, joined Apr 2000, 193 posts, RR: 0 Posted (11 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 882 times:
A hot topic in the airline industry at the moment is merging. Many people believe that in the future there will be a small number of major carriers, with some small niche carriers, instead of what exists currently.
Looking ahead 10 - 20 years, assuming this trend of merging continues - which airlines will remain - what will they be named, and which will disappear. What are your predictions.
Still around
- United
- American
- British Airways / Qantas
- Singapore Airlines / Air NZ / Ansett
- Japan Airlines
Predictions of Airlines to go (through mergers etc...)
- USAirways
- Northwest
- Continental
HlywdCatft From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 5321 posts, RR: 7 Reply 2, posted (11 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 861 times:
GOD I HOPE NOT!!!!
That is terrible!!!
We need more carriers NO MORE MERGERS!!!!
only 2 or 3 US airlines would make me pissed off!!!!
Mcdougald From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (11 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 855 times:
The airline industry follows the rest of the economy, so I'm predicting we'll see more national carriers merging into larger multi-national companies or shutting down, similar to the disappearance of many of the smaller Latin American carriers.
The best bets to disappear would be some of the marginal national carriers: Olympic, Avianca, Malev, Tarom and others with weak brand-recognition outside of their own countries and few (if any) alliance links to complicate things for a larger airline looking to stage a takeover bid.
SESGDL From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3385 posts, RR: 11 Reply 4, posted (11 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 836 times:
Laserjet,
you don't think Delta will be around????? Anyway, the big 3 most likely are here to stay, atlest for the next 20 YEARS or so......
For some odd reason I see Northwest not being around for too many more years, but WHO KNOWS?
Super80 From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 133 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (11 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 833 times:
that was what I'm crying..... Delta will definetly still be around. I'm pretty sure SWA will be too, and they will be a large airline by this time.
BHopsde From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (11 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 827 times:
Well, one never knows, remember PanAm, Eastern, and now TWA? At some point or another we thought these airlines would always be around. True, their names may be purchased, etc, for example, the "new" PanAm, but it's not the grand old Pan Am from before.
Right now, U.S. airlines are going through some problems due to slowing economy, strikes, etc.
Doing business costs money, being established does not guarantee a future, nor does life hold guarantees of any kind.
Americawest123 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (11 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 819 times:
The way I see it, with american having all these aircraft, their prices are going to go up and their sales down, this because with high prices, the smaller airlines will flourish with their low prices such as SWA, and american goes bankrupt! Ok sorry maybe thats a little too much but the larger airlines could lose the upper hand, thats my opinion,
737doctor From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 1332 posts, RR: 48 Reply 8, posted (11 years 10 months 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 815 times:
Southwest IS a large airline---technically a major ($1 billion/year in revenue) with 356 aircraft and counting...
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