As we’ve seen with this merger even if we buy/acquire/acquired by some other airline, it would still be 3 yrs before fully integrated and able to bid across to a Midwest/east coast base. As positive as I was, I don’t think this place is looking to merge or buy anyone else right now. On the same token I don’t think any other carrier is looking to merge/acquire with AS. The big 3 seem to be doing just fine. Hopefully we merge with jetblue or SW down the road.

Unmerged airlines:

Hawaiian
Spirit
Frontier
Allegiant
Sun Country
JetBlue



They’re all doing fairly well as standalone carriers so would it take the next economic downturn to see more mergers? Who knows. The only constant is change.