Originally Posted by
Catboatsailor
The DOJ would never allow us or AA to merge with JetBlue. The monopoly of JFK wouldn’t pass public outcry. United might be able to play since they pulled out of JFK. IMHO Hawaiian would be the most likely dance partner.
SWA would be a much better fit, UAL second and some random combo of 1-2 of NK F9 etc third. Fourth would be a (highly unlikely IMO) fragmentation and fifth would be Hawaiian. I haven't looked in a while but back when DL/HI merger talk was going around their debt was so high there was no chance of it happening. If DL didn't want to shoulder high debt for some low yield capacity and 1 or 2 HND slots (at the time) I doubt JB or even the venture caps would be interested.