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Old 04-11-2019, 04:18 PM
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What will be interesting will be the infrastructure component. They currently have zero. However, their ME codeshare does. Can a JV be far away?
It's less than a camel's nose under the tent. I can't imagine why they want to poke the bear.
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Old 04-11-2019, 04:20 PM
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Not from NWA, from Virgin.
I thought NWA had some, but then with the Virgin agreement we got a lot more. I’ve been wrong before though.
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Not from NWA, from Virgin.
We also purchased some slots and aquired others from Air France.
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Originally Posted by Hank Kingsley View Post
It's less than a camel's nose under the tent. I can't imagine why they want to poke the bear.
Less than a camel's nose?

Like, what's that? A camel toe?





























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Originally Posted by Hank Kingsley View Post
It's less than a camel's nose under the tent. I can't imagine why they want to poke the bear.
Speculation that JetBlue wants to be acquired. This is perhaps some incentive for an airline to make a bid to keep competition low...
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Originally Posted by chrisreedrules View Post
Speculation that JetBlue wants to be acquired. This is perhaps some incentive for an airline to make a bid to keep competition low...
Like the yankees signing red sox players?

Jetblue was never meant to last... the whole point was to create a market and get bought...
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Originally Posted by chrisreedrules View Post
Speculation that JetBlue wants to be acquired. This is perhaps some incentive for an airline to make a bid to keep competition low...
Yes, but who can realistically get a JB acquisition past the DOT/DOJ? Maybe SWA? But they dont like to pay full price for anything and JB is far from being on the brink of BK. Current JB market cap is just north of $5bil, so it would likely require a $10bil valuation to get the BOD interested.
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Yes, but who can realistically get a JB acquisition past the DOT/DOJ? Maybe SWA? But they dont like to pay full price for anything and JB is far from being on the brink of BK. Current JB market cap is just north of $5bil, so it would likely require a $10bil valuation to get the BOD interested.
I’m not sure to be honest... But I’m not convinced that consolidation is over either. Maybe Alaska?
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Originally Posted by Flyby1206 View Post
Yes, but who can realistically get a JB acquisition past the DOT/DOJ? Maybe SWA? But they dont like to pay full price for anything and JB is far from being on the brink of BK. Current JB market cap is just north of $5bil, so it would likely require a $10bil valuation to get the BOD interested.
SWA is in quite but not wholly responsible for this whole MAX fiasco because they can't get off the 737... why would 'maybe SWA' even enter your mind?
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Originally Posted by chrisreedrules View Post
I’m not sure to be honest... But I’m not convinced that consolidation is over either. Maybe Alaska?
I agree consolidation isn't over, and think there is likely to be a wave of mergers among us smaller carriers. If that happens it would be JB leading the merger drive as opposed to them being bought by a larger fish.

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SWA is in quite but not wholly responsible for this whole MAX fiasco because they can't get off the 737... why would 'maybe SWA' even enter your mind?
Because AA doesn't care about BOS/JFK and has a huge MIA hub. UAL wouldn't get a JFK hub past the DOT. DL same thing. That leaves SWA as the only ones with deep enough pockets and a slight possibility at legal approval for a merger/acquisition.
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