Originally Posted by
Big E 757
And, by putting pressure on their market share, their share price goes down and we buy them at a discount.
I still think Hawaiian makes more sense. If we are worried about the Narita hub losing its strategic advantage, wouldn't Hawaii and some more heavies make for an ideal staging area for overflights into Asia? Not to mention the route authority Hawaiian has to all those Asian cities. (Although we probably have route authority to those Asian cities we aren't using right now.)
E
Anderson has laughed at the notion of buying HA for their aircraft. We can have additional heavy aircraft any time we want. It makes no sense at all to purchase them for that reason. Much cheaper to just buy aircraft.