Originally Posted by
Airsupport
i have only been here 2 years and i can GUARANTEE!
that all they want to do is sell off mesaba and compass. NWA has NEVER been in the regional business, they have bought and sold pinnacle so many times that there is almost a trend that shows no sign of change, and they don't want to be in the regional business. like i said they bought the cert for 1 mil. yes you are right but no body wanted to purchase it till it was dirt cheap, and that is when nwa moved in. now when they sell they will be selling a cert that will be up to date and give the holder at least 10 years of nwa flying. yes compass and mesaba will be sold, its just a matter of a few years or less.
No major airline today can survive without getting involved in regional flying simply because more and more major airlines are shifting domestic flying to the regionals and concentrate on international flying which is more lucrative. NWA has always meddled in regional flying so to make a statement that NWA has never been in the regional business is absurd. The fact that NWA has owned and sold Pinnacle is a case in point.
NWA will probably sell Compass first and then Mesaba after NWA has built up Mesaba further, but this a pure speculation at best. For now, NWA seems content to build up Mesaba as evidenced by fast and furious growth at XJ with all the new destinations being added on a monthly basis.
Word at XJ is that XJ will probably wind up getting more than 17 CRJ 200s when it's said and done, but this is again unsubstantiated at the moment. More certain is that XJ will get more than 36 CRJ 900s by the end of 2008.