Originally Posted by
djrogs03
I have to say that is the funniest thing I've heard all day, tell me why Delta would sell one of the best performing regionals in XJ...the stats don't lie, XJ and CZ are always in the top 5 with completion factor and ontime performance...just don't see why Delta would get rid of a good thing here...
personally I think the rebranding is because when people used to see that ASA logo on the side of an RJ coming towards the gate it always represented a late arrival or departure...this gives em a fresh start?
Simple. Comair is on the chopping block to be liquidated to pay off the LEX losses. Mesaba and Compass would be the remaining wholly owned carriers. They want to eliminate the Compass flow through, so they will be shutting down Compass and selling the assets. That leaves Mesaba, and it's not worth keeping one small wholly owned, so they will be selling them as an airline the way they did with ASA. SKW Inc has proven they can run a good airline, so Delta knows their feed is secure.