Originally Posted by
Fly782
What other airlines would contract out to Eagle? I dont see any other major coming to them for any flying. Skywest, Republic and Gojet are on a whole different level to obtain new flying. Plus who really wants more carriers for their regional feed besides AA.
AE has been wholly owned by AMR corp and has been in business to support AA. AMR has always considered the idea of contracting out AE's services to feed competing airlines as counterproductive to the core business. Therefore, AE has never really gone out to bid on flying for other airlines. Yes, it has done some insignificant code sharing with a few airlines, but nothing big, by intent.
However, with the likely spinoff, AE will compete as aggressively for major feed contracts as any other carrier out there. I'm SURE that in a few years, the company formerly known as American Eagle, will have multiple feed contracts with different mainline airlines.