Originally Posted by
yrbroom
OO does make the most sense based on that deal with XJT, but doesn’t OO usually own their own jets? Wouldn’t that not fit this pattern then?
They do own most of their jets, but not all. The new CRJ900 atmospheres are Delta owned for example. SkyWest has also said that their economies of scale and costs have come down to enough to have finally make them competitive to fly non-owned planes. In the past, a large part of the business model was financing their own planes in order to be price competitive with their competitors, since their costs were typically higher.