Originally Posted by waflyboy (Post 795216)

You beat me to it! My guess is Mother United likes this deal a little more than most people think.

Originally Posted by pilot124 (Post 795529)

It's like chess, you need to make the first move in an ever changing game called aviation.

Originally Posted by jsled (Post 795518)

Codeshare is not revenue sharing or fee for departure. If codeshare is the "future of the regionals" then the past is repeating itself. Codeshare was how the regionals used to operate. Codesharing with a major and getting the revenue from the flights it operated. The problem was that mainline was only getting feed, not direct revenue from the regional flight. Thats why fee for departure came into being. With ffd, a major can get feed AND revenue from a regional flight. Codesharing is nice to fill some extra seats, but it will not allow you to farm out your airline. You will starve while your codeshare partner gets rich. Make no mistake, the majors (UAL in particular) want fee for departure, "joint ventures", and "revenue sharing". That way they can get the revenue without the operating expense.

Originally Posted by avi8tor4life (Post 795638)

Or take the flying back.

Originally Posted by Slaphappy (Post 795184)

Nothing, they are going to use their 190s and a320s to "codeshare" with the majors. This is a way around scope and future of regionals.

Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 795786)

You don't understand the whole codeshare thing, do you? RAH will not be able to just codeshare to profitability. Skywest can not just buy big jets and codeshare to profitability. There are so many more expenses when you start paying for your own gas, reservation systems, ticketing, landing fees, taxes, etc. The fee for departure contracts will begin drying up, and it's becoming a whole new ballgame.

Originally Posted by Slaphappy (Post 795788)

you better tell Republic that since that is what they are on track to do.

Originally Posted by johnso29 (Post 795789)

Ummmmmm....ok. I don't see any codeshares with RAH anywhere. Trust me when I say they are burning through a lot of cash right now. Not saying they are going under, but what BB is doing is not cheap.