Originally Posted by
jeeps
Hey, has anyone heard anything on the New York base rumor lately. I haven't heard anything recently. I'm not trying to further the rumor mill, however I logged into Deltanet today and saw that Delta is trying to get a large number of operating slots out of La Guardia.
I have no idea if they're related but I'm just wondering if anyone's heard anything lately.
That's what I really want for Christmas, getting based there
I think you and I are about the only ones who would want to be based in NY. But I don't think there is a base in the cards for us. I've heard from a friend at Compass that they are considering either LGA or ORD as a new base. (Note the ORD base would NOT be for any buildup of flying there, just a "satelite" base I guess.) The latest with the DL/US deal is that they agreed to divest some slots to Airtran, Spirit, Jetblue and WestJet in order to placate the DoJ. WN is of course screaming bloody murder because they weren't invited to play. But the DoJ has not ruled yet. I do suspect that we will probably get some increased LGA flying if the deal goes through, but Im not holding my breath for a base.