Originally Posted by
EWRflyr
Why the major airline partners continue to support or bail BB out of the situation he created is beyond me. Just funding the continued operations of your direct competitor. I thought airline management was supposed to be "smart."
Mostly because of this:
Originally Posted by
MatthewAMEL
RAH is actually competing with themselves on a few routes now (MCI-AUS for example).
...plus we have no idea what Delta is getting for those transferring RJs. I'm willing to bet it was at a discount considering Republic needs to put those planes to use more than Delta needs the lift.
This all reminds me of XJT's branded excursion. It all sounded great until the company got desperate for cash, came running back to Continental, and finally got sold for pennies on the dollar to SkyWest. Granted there's no telling what will ultimately happen to Republic but I bet their major partners are licking their chops at all the money that's being blown on Frontier at the moment.