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Old 02-04-2016 | 10:53 AM
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Thats it? I figured with all the 717s it would be a bunch more. What did y'all park?
747-200s, DC-9s, and old 757s.

At the peak of merger mania synergizing, we dropped below 11,000.

Mergers are never 1+1=2!
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Old 02-04-2016 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
747-200s, DC-9s, and old 757s.

At the peak of merger mania synergizing, we dropped below 11,000.

Mergers are never 1+1=2!
You lost 1,400'ish post merger before adding back up?
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Old 02-04-2016 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Al Czervik
You lost 1,400'ish post merger before adding back up?
Yep! Mergers are fun...
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Old 02-04-2016 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
Yep! Mergers are fun...
Thanks. Was curious about those numbers.
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Old 02-04-2016 | 12:51 PM
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Delta also merged just prior to the worst collapse in economic activity since 1930. Not really a fair comparison. IMO.
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Old 02-10-2016 | 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Name User
Doug also spent $3.6 billion (that's a b) on stock repurchasing.
At least he is financing all the new jets
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Old 02-11-2016 | 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
Yep! Mergers are fun...
Major airlines would not be nearly as profitable today if it weren't for the 4 major mergers of the last 8 years.

Does anyone else think it's strange that we are actually making a lot of money these days?
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