<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AyostoLeon" class="quote" target="_blank">AyostoLeon</a> (<a href="#126" class="quote">Reply 126</a>):<br/><i>9.77bn Euro</i></font></td></tr></...
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Jump to postEK is also chaffing at the bit with Canada wanting more rights. And I don't think <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> wants access to Europe only for European OD traffic. For example, <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acronym> had a mini hub in Hamburg Ge...
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Jump to postAfter reading this Bloomberg article, I was wondering when the ME3 carriers would get hit in their weak spot. I have heard before of some ME3 carriers making threats to France and Germany for not allowing them to fly as they wanted. But the <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates)">EK</acrony...
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Jump to postWith the number of planes cut by 1/3 for the same money, it's pretty clear the F-35 is about 50% more expensive than the the twin engined F-15 <acronym title="DAS Air Limited (Kenya)">SE</acronym>. Not even close. <i>With the South Korean government unlikely to increase the budget, the task force is...
Jump to postThe UCAV concept makes too much sense to keep down. I think that's why testing continues with the X-47B. It's a concept that over delivers and is more useful than originally imagined. The <acronym title="Rome - Ciampino (CIA / LIRA), Italy">CIA</acronym> found this out a long time ago about UCAVS. W...
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Jump to post<a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pictures-us-navy-resumes-x-47b-flight-testing-393002/" target="_blank">http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...sumes-x-47b-flight-testing-393002/</a> Flight testing has resumed with carrier launches and trap landings on Nov 10. I thought this thing w...
Jump to post<i> Defendants have claimed that Virgin America and other LCCs have had a “profound and permanent effect on industry competition” and thus counter the huge anticompetitive impact of this merger. This is incorrect. Virgin America will explain why, due to entry barriers created by the mergers of other...
Jump to postSouthwest's words: <i>Southwest will explain how — without a significant divestiture of slots at each of these airports in conjunction with the merger – the increased concentration of slots in the hands of the merged airline would <b>substantially lessen competition.</b> .... To effectively mitigate...
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Jump to postI was reading through the Airlines' response to the DOJ complaint. I personally find them poorly written. For one, they invalidate their own defense. It goes like this: They say that the DOJ's statements, on how much money they have recently earned and which shows they can remain viable as independe...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/shankly" class="quote" target="_blank">shankly</a> (<a href="#37" class="quote">Reply 37</a>):<br/><i>I was going to point out to tommytoyz that...
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Jump to post<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-04/airlines-merger-needs-divestitures-to-settle-u-s-suit.html" target="_blank">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-1...vestitures-to-settle-u-s-suit.html</a> <i>What we have tried to focus on is to make sure that any resolution in this case necessarily i...
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Jump to postFrom DOJ complaint: <i>Concentration in relevant markets is typically measured by the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (“HHI”). Markets in which the HHI exceeds 2,500 points are considered highly concentrated. Post-merger increases in HHI of more than 200 points are considered to be significant increases ...
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Jump to postDL gearing up a JET A refinery that would otherwise have closed benefits all airlines by increasing competition and reducing the crack spread for JET A in general.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Cubsrule" class="quote" target="_blank">Cubsrule</a> (<a href="#58" class="quote">Reply 58</a>):<br/><i>US has a ton of excess capacity (see the...
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Jump to post<i> If the DOJ wants the government to get back in the business of regulating airfares than they have to do it for all of the US airlines.</i> 100% nonsense. The DOJ has never said they want the regulation of airfares. <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2"...
Jump to postTUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2013 - excerpts from DOJ release <i>According to the department’s complaint, the vast majority of domestic airline routes are already highly concentrated. The merger would create the largest airline in the world and result in four airlines controlling more than 80 percent of the ...
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