Originally Posted by
TipTanks
Seems plausible to me. I've always heard (from sources who very well could be totally full of crap) that SkyWest operated Alaska flights are significantly cheaper than Horizon operated flights. Mostly given to OO's scale (200+ E-Jets, in-house ms & engine shop savings, etc). So if I was Alaska looking to tighten the belt and give up on fighting to attract regional pilots...having Horizon get absorbed by OO would make a lot of sense.
Yep agreed. It makes sense from a purely business stand point in many ways. For the record I don’t think it’s going to happen anytime soon, SkyWest doesn’t want to deal with unions and after the Expressjet debacle it would have to be a very very good deal I would imagine. But it’s a strange new post covid lockdown world we live in, so who knows anymore.