Next Merger?
So it appears that US will get AA. (BA will get a piece too)
Give your best guess on the next merger and why. The Bigs UA/CAL (Completeing merger. Probably won't do another for a while) Delta AA (AA/US) (Current merger. Probably won't do another for a long while) Southwest Left to acquire? Jet Blue (Making $ and big in the east) Virgin America (International system & growing, but small) Alaska (Rock solid presence in the NW) Spirit (New Vegas and Phoenix/Mesa base) Allegiant (A lot of old Md80's, but AB's on order I hear) Hawaiian (Just signed JB codeshare) Frontier (Republic yard sale. I fear the worst but hope the best for those guys) Hmmm, I guess... VA & JB merge. JB gets Virgin name and international system, Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia gets significantly increased US market feed than just Virgin America. Needs to keep up with BA/AA/US deal. DL will go after AK. Just fits and DL needs to keep up with AA & UA size. Your guess? |
anybody? i would of thought someone would have chimed in on this.
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one word... (albeit hyphenated).
anti-trust. |
What international system does Virgin have that jetBlue doesnt have already? From what I thought, Virgin only flies to 3 or 4 spots in Mexico.
I have no speculation but I do not see Virgin and JB happening. I also wouldnt see JB taking the Virgin name as JB is a more household name in the US. |
Originally Posted by usmc-sgt
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What international system does Virgin have that jetBlue doesnt have already? From what I thought, Virgin only flies to 3 or 4 spots in Mexico.
I have no speculation but I do not see Virgin and JB happening. I also wouldnt see JB taking the Virgin name as JB is a more household name in the US. |
We all forgot republic. They will pay Virgin and jetBlue.
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Originally Posted by usmc-sgt
(Post 1255751)
We all forgot republic. They will pay Virgin and jetBlue.
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No need, repub will start flying CPA stuff for emirates at 5-8 PTS above cost. Serving the iad/Iah/NYC/ord/lax runs. The frontier guys will fly the 319/20s for them and the law darts will feed the buses. Enjoy that pilot shortage charade.
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Speaking of which, what's the latest on Frontier being possibly purchased?
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The future of Frontier is a major question mark. Republic wants to get rid of F9, but no one seems too interested. Its really too bad because F9 is a great airline.
I would like to see Virigin, Jet Blue and Frontier merge |
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