Originally Posted by
SAABaroowski
Anybody else have the feeling that Skywest and Republic have reached their pinnacle and potentially things could turn south sooner rather than later?
Just wait until UAL files for BK........................
FWIW...
RAH does notdot do as much UAL flying as they used to, in terms of percentages. RAH will sop flying it's UAL 145's this year, leaving only the S5 170's. While losing these aircraft would hurt RAH, it would not be the crippling blow that losing all DAL or Airways flying would be. Skywest is far more reliant upon UAL, though now with ASA on the books, their company is more insulated.
RAH "owns" its aircraft. If RAH lost a substantial amount of flying (via UAL canceling their contract), you would see BB try to assign those a/c to another mainline partner, and then get those planes out there in generic paint and do some sort of branded flying (charter would be a priority over schedled 121). ExpressJet and Independence went solo only out of necessity. RAH will not go branded unless it absolutely has to...at least for the next 10 years.