What do you think the odds are of a Alaska / Hawaiian merger being approved by the courts?

Alaska and Hawaiian compete a lot. I’d be surprised if it was. Now the prescient has been set.

Probably the worst bunch of people to ask here. Hindsight 20/20, the market knew Jetblue/Spirit merger was unlikely to go through, and had the stock (SAVE) priced accordingly for the risk. At the moment the market has the Hawaiian/Alaska merger as likely to go through, although that can change if/when the DOJ decides to sue.

Who said anything about frontier

see post 53

More resignations from management incoming (hopefully the negotiating committee too)

Frontier/Spirit would be approved, and Alaska/Hawaiian will be approved. In those cases two similar airlines are merging to better compete with the Big 4 and keep prices down,

JetBlue’s goal was to shut down an ULCC, remove that completion, and pilfer their planes and employees to grow quickly. That would have raised prices for consumers, and as a result the DOJ sued and the judge ruled in their favor. Two very different scenarios.

For most of our lifetimes there were 6+ true large carriers. I think that’s where the industry is heading again. Alaska/Hawaiian will be the first brick to fall. We will see if Frontier/Spirit becomes a reality, or if something else is cooked up.

Lol…
Pilfer their planes and employees? As if they would turn them into slave labor and burn their planes at the gates. Gimme a break pilfer…

He’s only wrong because he misused the word pilfer. But he’s not wrong. Trying using some thought process next time.

The downgrades and furloughs are coming. Ch11 is coming