Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Jetblue gained the privilege of remaining in the east. That's pretty much what it was all about. Maybe they hoped to do a little more in CA, but that would have been a bonus I suspect.
I think the HA acquisition was a sincere attempt to grow and diversify, so apples to oranges.
Delta was in motion to buy AS. AS buying VX simultaneously prevented Delta from buying AS and VX from merging with B6.