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Originally Posted by ASpilot2be
(Post 1010823)
A BBJ can do Anchorage to Macau in Southern China.
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Originally Posted by cesnacaptn
(Post 1011057)
Why would AS buy HA? I think that rumor started, because it's the only legacy smaller than Alaska. The company might be had for a little less than $300M, but that's because it struggles to make money.
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Originally Posted by pig on the wing
(Post 1010784)
My apologies if this has been asked before as I don't read the major section too often and I am too lazy to do a search....
I have heard a rumor more than once that Alaska airlines is gearing up to fly to Asia--Tokyo I heard. Not sure if the rumor including a new airframe or the plan was to fly HNL-NRT(HDE) with the mighty 737...seems like a steaming pile of balderdash but thought I run it by all you experts. Thanks in advance. I remember seeing an Etops map during recurrent a few years ago that had the -800 reaching Tokyo. Maybe that was a little "agressive", but I wonder what the 900-ER's will be able to do? Mookie |
Originally Posted by Mookie
(Post 1011337)
At first I thought this was a crazy idea, but then again, when I was in newhire class 5 years ago, I thought Alaska flying to Hawaii was crazy too...
I remember seeing an Etops map during recurrent a few years ago that had the -800 reaching Tokyo. Maybe that was a little "agressive", but I wonder what the 900-ER's will be able to do? Mookie |
Originally Posted by ASpilot2be
(Post 1010823)
A BBJ can do Anchorage to Macau in Southern China.
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Originally Posted by SurferLucas
(Post 1011031)
Not sure what Skywest's level of service is on those flights, but that's no longer a Horizon route. Same plane, different name/pilots flying it though.
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Originally Posted by iaflyer
(Post 1011059)
Yeah, but how many people is it taking?
Originally Posted by johnso29
(Post 1011375)
Ummm, ok. But it is much lighter and can carry waaaaay more gas. ;)
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Originally Posted by ArcticDog
(Post 1011365)
According to Boeing's website the range of the -900ER is about the same as the -800, just more peeps. If we are going to do Asia we would need to buy a bigger plane...or another airline that has bigger planes.
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Guys,
Flew the C-40 (737-700) all over the Pacific with the Navy. We could make if eastbound (depending on payload) but westbound was very hard to do with the winds. I doubt you could schedule this service reliably on a 737. Note - Guys have flown PHNL to KNIP (Jacksonville) on ferry flights. :) Scoop |
Originally Posted by Klsytakesit
(Post 1013653)
The alaska crowd is gettin big in their britches...I think only VA, Mesa, Spirit and Allegiant are smaller than you guys...more likely Skywest will buy you..your leadership does not really like having their own employees....hope you have good successorship language in that contract next to your iron-clad scope.
What are you using for gauging our size? Airplanes? Pilots? Couple months ago we were the 3rd largest airline in the country by market cap, behind delta, southwest & United/continental. I'm not sure where we stand right now but our stock is still rocking so I don't think anyone will be scooping us up anytime soon. |
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