Originally Posted by Tmeister

It would be dangerous for AS (and irresponsible to their shareholders) if they pursued HA. They’d be acquiring all of Hawaiin’s debt on top of inheriting a very unprofitable operation. Not to mention zero fleet efficiency gains. What AS stands to gain most through acquiring HA (interisland and real estate) are things they can do organically if the market was that critical to their ambitions. Acquiring HA brings little benefit to AS
In my opinion, unless they have any ambitious growth plans outside of the niche markets they keep adding with ERJs — AS will become the next takeover target. It might behoove them to initiate merger talks with the most viable partner.