Originally Posted by
jayray2
Why would any company want to buy a wholly owned? There is nothing that is of any value. What would they be buying? Just a contract with Delta for some flying? With Mesaba it would be flying for 16 200's which no one in their right mind would want to buy, 28 turbo props that will be gone soon and then 30 something 900's. I doubt anyone would be willing to buy this operation. Delta will be asking a price that encompasses a bunch of flying that will soon be gone, why would anyone buy a contract for flying that will be gone in a year?
If Skywest bought up all the wholly owned DCI carriers then DAL wouldnt be able to manipulate any regional feed the way they can with the wholly owned carriers currently. I think it would be smart to buy up the competition in Skywest's case, so that they can raise their own rates (especially since Republic is getting away from the regional feed game).