Originally Posted by
scambo1
It'll be interesting to see what sort of divestitures had to happen to get this through and which airlines will be the beneficiaries of those divestitures.
So...what's the next consolidation scenario?
Now that the legacies have consolidated to just three, that's it at the legacy level. The DOJ will not allow any combination of Delta/AA/United to merge. Next up will be the LCC/Major level consolidation to ensure long term success. VX has to IPO first and once done I would imagine within 5 years that JetBlue and Virgin America will merge. Maybe call it virginBlue or something. With Frontier's new Indigo owners who are ex-Spirit and with Frontier being turned into a ULCC airline, I would say that Frontier and Spirit will merge. I wouldn't rule out Hawaiina/Alaska either, that could be a merger as well.