Originally Posted by
georgetg
Hmmm, Hawaiian just became the owner of 15 717s in addition to leasing 3 more 717s.
The 717s were about 15.3M each all-in...
That would make Hawaiian a more juicy takeover target as a purchaser would actually gain ownership in airframes instead of just taking over lease payments...
Hmmmm
Cheers
George
Back when I was going through indoc in 2007, a top executive used to come in and spend an hour talking to the new class. When specifically asked about a future merger, of course he denied one was in the works. But, when someone pressed him as to who the most likely merger candidates would be if it happened, he said "The ones that are the most interesting are NWA, Hawaiian and Alaska" in that order. Just an interesting tidbit.
Personally I don't think DAL is interested in a merger until after the JFK terminal project and the LGA hub are up and running...then they need to turn to the weak spot in our system...the West Coast. That could certainly involve AS or Hawaiian.