Originally Posted by jsled

Codeshare is not revenue sharing or fee for departure. If codeshare is the "future of the regionals" then the past is repeating itself. Codeshare was how the regionals used to operate. Codesharing with a major and getting the revenue from the flights it operated. The problem was that mainline was only getting feed, not direct revenue from the regional flight. Thats why fee for departure came into being. With ffd, a major can get feed AND revenue from a regional flight. Codesharing is nice to fill some extra seats, but it will not allow you to farm out your airline. You will starve while your codeshare partner gets rich. Make no mistake, the majors (UAL in particular) want fee for departure, "joint ventures", and "revenue sharing". That way they can get the revenue without the operating expense.