Originally Posted by ShyGuy

I'm not sure I follow all this merger mania. The facts (so far, at least) seem to show the unmerged having their go at it. Spirit looks like it'll be taken over by either Frontier or jetBlue. AS is still cleaning up the VX merger so I don't see how they go out and just buy someone else. SWA make a play for AS is about the most reasonable of the possibilities, or a AS/HAL merger. But I don't see anything in the next 3 weeks or whatever OTZ's timeframe was.

Of course, I could be wrong. Nothing would surprise me. I still think the merger mania is going to be the un-merged carriers going at it. Spirit, jetBlue, Frontier, Sun Country, Allegiant, and maybe even the new entrants like Avelo and Breeze. If Avelo can make it, I can see them being bought by a bigger carrier - such has been the case of many California-based airlines. Heck, Alaska bought two.