Originally Posted by
kingairfun
Kind of a stretch don't ya think?
HA orders 10 787 for long haul international routes, utilizes a fleet of 330's, has a deal in the works with JAL for more Japan routes, is about to receive their 16th NEO. And flies 717 interisland.
SWA has all 737's with no intention of diverging from this according to current mgmnt, considers South of the boarder and Jamaica as their international flying, offers no premium cabin or service.
I know HA is only worth 1.5 billion and could be purchased by any airline for less than Delta paid for Comair in 1999, but come on seriously? The only thing that 787's and SWA have in common is Boeing.
Exactly......current senior management is thoroughly entrenched with the “We’re going to conquer the world (just as soon as we figure out how to accept foreign currency) with the B737”.
They can’t even figure that out. I’m not sure they’d know what to do with an airline that flies four different non-B737 fleet types and does true international flying.
And believe me, it’s not like they’d just take the knowledge and expertise of current Hawaiian Airlines folks. No, for certain they’d try to reinvent the wheel like they do with everything.