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Jump to postVery sad situation at <acronym title="Raleigh / Durham - International (RDU / KRDU), USA - North Carolina">RDU</acronym> and I send my thoughts to all involved and especially the family. As a former <acronym title="Raleigh / Durham - International (RDU / KRDU), USA - North Carolina">RDU</acronym> em...
Jump to postConsidering all the costs and efforts involved in marketing the highly touted and established JetBlue brand, I would seriously doubt any merger situation with the introduction of a new name. IMO there maybe some buyout firms out there looking at opportunities in a more lucrative environment for LCCs...
Jump to postI laugh at this when I look at other heavily unionized corporations that are very successful while working good relations with the unions. IMO, it's supid and far more complicated to keep inventing these loopholes when there is already enough to worry about and focus resources on in the industry. Ty...
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Jump to postOutside of the emotions, I like to state what I feel is obvious and not looked at much... Last time I checked, Delta is in Bankruptcy. Practically the management and employees have lost much control of the airline's fate. All they can do is talk-up the media, continue to poison themselves and hope t...
Jump to postAs stated above and something people tend to miss, Southwest has a powerful poison pill to swallow in its people. They are just as powerful socially as they are financially; a very unique situation that I have yet to see that's similiar to any aquistition before. Even with its current situation, I h...
Jump to postThe question is why would anyone bother? Especially that it too risky to attempt to raise the value of an US domestic Airline while there are so many other "less risky" opportunities out there. I have heard that Southwest does have pretty good employee ownership, though not sure of a percentage; tha...
Jump to postJust ask anyone who has lost the value of their Delta stock.... Delta is a failure, its in bankruptcy for goodness sake!!! No matter what excuses are out there the situation is most likely fixed with a new team and leadership. The main responsibility of management is to increase shareholders value. ...
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Jump to postI haven't check up on things on the VA front recently (very odd for me). I guess they have gotten approval from the DOT since they are doing proving runs with the FAA now? I look forward to seeing what they'll do, especially on the service/marketing front, which the Virgin brands have been well know...
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Jump to postIMO the US-DL merger will be the best thing in the world to happen if it goes through. Some deal will happen if its US or not, since the idea is exposed. There will be no hiding from this, though maybe a few poison pills swallowed to attempt to thwart it. First, it makes a nice option for Delta's cr...
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Jump to postMaybe Doug should change his name to Frank...lol I see a little synergy, but this might a little too much of a opportunity to exploit considering the current US-HP integration. Apparently Doug has commented on doing this before. IMO this is might be a response to another merger proposition we may he...
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Jump to postWhile it looks sort of good on a route map, where does this actually add value to either carrier? Not much more to offer than US-HP, actually less. If AirTran were to merge with a Network partner, <acronym title="Airtran (USA)">FL</acronym> would benefit further with somebody with more International...
Jump to postWell the runways/taxiways at JAN are probably no less bumpy than the bare ground, thanks to the yazoo clay. The darkness probably didn't help the situation either. <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=95% style="border-top: 1pt #28455E solid;border-right: 1pt #1B2E3F solid;border-bottom: 1pt #1B2E3F s...
Jump to postIt would probably work out far better than many other combinations due to the culture of both, but why the heck would they merge with no long-term benefits for both mentioned? If AirTran management is still itching for a merger as they tried with TWA with terms that was rumored to be like the <acron...
Jump to postSounds good. It just takes time to come in as a new entrant (even LCC), fill the planes and develop a steady following; especially when some competition is trying to blanket your frequencies and dump seats with a B757. <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/wink.gif" alt="Wink"> Both <acronym...
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Jump to postJust like I said before, I hope the decision makers in the US domestically are taking these guys seriously, unlike what I've seen on here(granted the armchair CEOs). They have something going here and have some potential to run all over the competition as RyanAir and EasyJet have in Europe if the US...
Jump to postPersonally I would be taking this type of competition very seriously compared to all the doomsday quotes in this thread. According to what I've read so far on Skybus, the management team has heavily researched and entrenched themselves in likes of RyanAir and EasyJet and we know the huge impact thos...
Jump to postWell I look at it this way. The advantage to magazines and published items is that the info. is limited to those who recieve it or subscribe to it. Limited information typically can have a higher value than that of readily available that everyone can see. I also get sick of computers and like the fo...
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Jump to postThere are also significant differences in per-capita income between the <acronym title="Charlotte - Douglas International (CLT / KCLT), USA - North Carolina">CLT</acronym>, <acronym title="Raleigh / Durham - International (RDU / KRDU), USA - North Carolina">RDU</acronym> and <acronym title="Greensbo...
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Jump to postTruth of the matter is economics will play its course and if <acronym title="Greensboro - Piedmont Triad International (GSO / KGSO), USA - North Carolina">GSO</acronym> has a capable market demanding lower fares, <acronym title="Delta Air Lines (USA)">DL</acronym>'s (and others) high fares will crea...
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Jump to postAlong with all the old names, lets bring back the likes of Frank Boreman, Ed Acker, Frank Lorenzo and Charlie Bryan to make things more interesting! <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/wink.gif" alt="Wink"> <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=95% style="border-top: 1pt #28455E solid;border-...
Jump to postWelcome to the same old Delta, <acronym title="Greensboro - Piedmont Triad International (GSO / KGSO), USA - North Carolina">GSO</acronym> has become a nice subsidizing market for the likes of <acronym title="Richmond - International (Byrd Field) (RIC / KRIC), USA - Virginia">RIC</acronym> and other...
Jump to postIt will be an interesting story to watch should JetBlue get the slots. I won't call it a battle or anything like that due to the low amount of seats that <acronym title="JetBlue Airways (USA)">B6</acronym> intends to initially offer. From what I know about that market, I would expect <acronym title=...
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Jump to postNo need to worry <acronym title="Syracuse - Hancock International (SYR / KSYR), USA - New York">SYR</acronym>, US will continue to choke <acronym title="Charlotte - Douglas International (CLT / KCLT), USA - North Carolina">CLT</acronym> with high fares to cover the tab! Despite the sarcasm above, it...
Jump to postI do see AirTran possibly joining a alliance, which would most likely be a possibility as to a full blown merger. If there was a merger, it would be better IMO to merge with a major carrier with large International route system that AirTran could cooperate with to feed. Keeping both brands seprate b...
Jump to postCurrently, egos are too high in the industry for consoliation. <img src="/discussions/graphics/smilies/wink.gif" alt="Wink"> I would expect more work into alliances that will eventually lead into a new form of consolidation. I vision the original LCC's starting to make the first moves with joi...
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Jump to postThere may be a few airlines out there saying "dang, we should have not screwed over our rampers, now we're screwed!" lol <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=95% style="border-top: 1pt #28455E solid;border-right: 1pt #1B2E3F solid;border-bottom: 1pt #1B2E3F solid;border-left: 1pt #28455E solid;table-l...
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Jump to postI'm a little suprised at JetBlue attempting service, but the <acronym title="Raleigh / Durham - International (RDU / KRDU), USA - North Carolina">RDU</acronym>-<acronym title="Orlando - International (McCoy) (MCO / KMCO), USA - Florida">MCO</acronym> route is a good one and still has a void in servi...
Jump to postThat is quite a trip! Surely there has got to be a better routing. I read an interesting article in <acronym title="Appleton - Outagamie County Regional (ATW), USA - Wisconsin">ATW</acronym> about the outsourced reservations and how airlines are starting to realize that they are a burdon on revenue ...
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Jump to postInteresting and might be a possibility, however the idea has obvious major hurdles if it really did happen. It would be fun to watch this develop if it ever did and be a great case study! It would be up to the industry environment to create such a cause for it to happen. If mega-mergers started to o...
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