Originally Posted by
Skyhawk218Heavy
i’m still somewhat new around to these parts but I hear people here say often how they hope someone like delta or UA will just buy us. But when we don’t own any of our gates, or any of our ground and gate staff, or any of our planes…what exactly is there to buy? A pilot and FA group? A single hangar at DEN? A HQ building off of Peña with the “R” on the sign burnt out?
First of all, the Gov't is unlikely to allow any such purchase. I would love if United bought Frontier and I got to be merged into their seniority system with my relative seniority. But that's extremely unlikely to happen. A big expensive airline isn't going to be able to buy a discount airline.
Any merger is likely to be between us and another discount airline not a legacy.
We have some value as the lease holder of 150 aircraft and an operating certificate. It's really hard to start an airline and get aircraft orders. There's currently a 6 or 7 year wait list to get a new Airbus. So while we might not seem like we have much value in hard assets, we have a lots of value as an up and running airline with a very desirable order book and operating certificate. Still, no one is buying us, just saying. I believe Frontier will remain independent for the foreseeable future.