Originally Posted by
Swakid8
They aren’t wrong… BOS isn’t slot restricted…
EWR, United would be required to give up B6 gates and takeoff/landing times….
JFK - United would offer up JFK slots to divestitures to satisfy the DOJ and keep a good handful of them…. Delta wouldn’t be able to bid for them. AA might but doubt it, Breeze, F9, Southwest would all be able to advocate for those slots freely.
But we will see as there is precedent that EWR and LGA/JFK were considered as separate markets in previous cases.
If there was to be a UA/B6 merger, this is the likely scenario that will play out.
United would also have to take a bunch of bad just to get a few choice pieces. JFK is the obvious carrot, but United doesn’t seem to really want a bigger presence in FL or their aircraft. They really don’t want the debt load that they bring either. My guess is that the big 4 aren’t going to buy anyone and just wait and use their size and influence to pick up what they can if players have to significantly downsize or liquidate.