Originally Posted by
Salukidawg
Bank on another M&A event in the next 12-24 months, so you can pretty much throw out any upgrade projections unless you are due to upgrade within that timeframe. I'd love to believe that the new sim building is for organic growth, but I've been here long enough to know better unfortunately and I've seen this before the AirTran acquisition and all signs point to another "merger". Even money on a JetBlue, Alaska, or Hawaiian merger in the not too distant future.
Since we're spiff balling here, Alaska is WAY too expensive and probably wouldn't pass the DOJ smell test. Think about the PR nightmare of killing the Alaska brand...
I don't see Hawaiian either as we have absolutely ZERO commonality with them. Also, the State of Hawaii would also pitch a major fit over the loss of their "home" airline as they depend on reliable interisland air transportation that's already gotten battered with the loss of Aloha. No way they'd want or allow a mainland airline to control that. The whole thing would be a PR nightmare for Southwest.
I don't see JetBlue either... too expensive and incompatible with us.
I could see Frontier (not sure it'd pass the DOJ smell test) maybe and possibly Spirit, though again doubtful.
I don't see Sun Country - too small and barely even registering. Maybe for their aircraft?
Who knows....