Originally Posted by
UND_Sioux
It has been said many times on this board, RAH is a holdings company that owns three (soon to be five) other companies. The agreements with United, for example are with Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., and Shuttle America Corp., and not with Republic Airlines, Inc. If Republic Airlines Inc. operates flights dba (doing business as) Frontier Airlines or Midwest Airlines, then there is no violation of any contract. Republic Airlines, Inc. is not even mentioned in the contracts.
Thanks for answering the question. If you are right then the majors have dug their own grave. Even if BB's new ULCC gets off to a rocky start their costs are going to be so much lower that they can still easily succeed.
The majors will simply use this new style of airline as an excuse to beat more concessions out of their labor groups. If BB and the RAH management succeeds with their plan then the Frontier and Midwest aquisitions could go down as one of the biggest changes in the industry, like deregulation or the introduction of jets.