Originally Posted by
gojo
That would be a risky investment when Delta owns a lot of those planes
I dont think so. Here is my logic:
1) Delta wont fly the planes themselves, so gotta be a regional.
2) Which regional will be the one that gets the planes? Whatever one will do it for the lowest rate vs on time performance.
3)If were talking 175s, who already flys them? Republic, Skywest, Mesa.
So if 175s for instance could be reliably flown, for a low cost, does Delta really care who does it? To a small extent sure, but at the end of the day, that’s merely a tie breaker.
Now,I can easily see delta being cool with TSH transfering Compass to Republic. If it strengthens Republic, which Delta has a stake in, It would be a good idea.
Just my thoughts of course. Again who really knows?