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dca1 wrote:Part 1 of 3 of this assertion. It seems like 6 months ago, I would have laughed at this... but COVID has changed a lot. With both carriers getting closer to AA I could see this happening now. Thoughts?
https://captainjetson.com/featured/is-a ... -of-3/?amp
Ishrion wrote:
Wouldn’t a merger like this force them to scale back the AA partnership similar to when AS acquired Virgin America?
dca1 wrote:Part 1 of 3 of this assertion. It seems like 6 months ago, I would have laughed at this... but COVID has changed a lot. With both carriers getting closer to AA I could see this happening now. Thoughts?
https://captainjetson.com/featured/is-a ... -of-3/?amp
Italianflyer wrote:Then you end up with a 'barbell' network like the US/PSA venture. Maximizing assets by operating sectors in the west or east before bridge flying to the other region; great in theory but was a mess in reality. And it's not like anyone, especially a newly merged entity, would entertain opening a new mid country hub in the foreseeable future.
RWA380 wrote:With AS speeding up their entry into O/W, I assert there would be little value to B6 being absorbed by AAG. Almost any meaningful place B6 flies, AA does as well. AS & AA enjoy a code-sharing arrangement domestically & that better suits the direction AS has been going for decades. Other than real estate at airports like JFK (A place AS plans on expanding from & the home to the only boardroom in the Eastern time zone) or BOS, another already well served airport, there is nothing else AS would want, they certainly are not currently interested in A-320's much as most remain parked. The A-321's would not be a match to the current A-321's AS has.
strfyr51 wrote:Neither AS or B6 has made much of foray into the heartland of the USA, . WN has started that way with their buildup at Denver but time will tell if they go any further with their Eastern development. BWI has not made them a true eastern US carrier yet. .But they are in at ATL so it remains to be seen their Eastern Seaboard intentions.
AS is doing well on the West Coast but they only have a smattering of central routes and not much of a Central or Mountain time zone structure. B6 is mainly
eastern with a smattering of West coast work in progress so none of then are raising any hell in becoming a National Carrier. . Now were F9 and B6 to strike an accord?
Or AS an NK? We might see a little Hell being raised and pretty quickly.. They might not scare anybody? But they would catch some real notice.
davidjohnson6 wrote:Maybe they could open a hub in STL ? Eventually AA might then buy them ? Or has that been tried already ?
kfinger wrote:davidjohnson6 wrote:Maybe they could open a hub in STL ? Eventually AA might then buy them ? Or has that been tried already ?
STL is already a SWA focus city.