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Old 05-19-2020, 05:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Flyby1206 View Post
Let's not kid ourselves, it would mainly be about removing a competitor. NK is the toughest competition on our Florida routes.

Additionally, JB needs to densify our A321s to something closer to yours. Instead of our 200 seaters running NE-Florida we should have a 220 seater doing it. Same with our 162-seat A320s moving to something around 168-174 seats. The combined carrier wouldn't be a ULCC, but we would adopt some of the characteristics and become a lower cost LCC.

And let's talk about FLL. We'd have an instant fortress hub, which has been a talking point of JB in recent years, with room to expand to S.America. While the higher cost legacies beat each other up down in MIA we could have some peace and quiet in FLL.
And all of these are reasons why the government would not let a merger happen...
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