Who's Buying Sun Country?
03-13-2011, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by BigTime
Allegiant has been planning Hawaii service with their new 757's and need ETOPS. Sun Country could help move that process along.
03-13-2011, 09:18 AM
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Etops non transferable. We would have to start all over with the 757's on that cert and etops would delay Allegiant 757's to due it that way. I would be surprised if we have any interest in sun country at all.
03-13-2011, 09:52 AM
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They don't need to transfer it to the 757's. They can operate Sun Country's 737-800's while they work on the 757 certification. All they need to do is hold the gates at the HNL airport. Allegiant is already operating MD80's out of LGB just to hold the gates.
Southwest said they want to make it to Hawaii before Allegiant. Purchasing Sun Country could change that.
Southwest said they want to make it to Hawaii before Allegiant. Purchasing Sun Country could change that.
03-13-2011, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Fishfreighter
I suppose you think that you can just apply Sun Country's ETOPS certificate to the 757s. Just another clueless wonder....
Allegiant could operate Sun Country's 737's to Hawaii and operate Sun Country as a separate airline so there may be no need to transfer certificates. They could even transfer their 757's to Sun Country, but some of the 75's are currently leased out to another airline.
Why else would a company with money in the bank take a $125 million loan? Unless they were planning another stock buy back to increase the value of their shares. But at $44/share, I tend to think there is another motive.
03-13-2011, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by BigTime
They don't need to transfer it to the 757's. They can operate Sun Country's 737-800's while they work on the 757 certification. All they need to do is hold the gates at the HNL airport. Allegiant is already operating MD80's out of LGB just to hold the gates.
Southwest said they want to make it to Hawaii before Allegiant. Purchasing Sun Country could change that.
Southwest said they want to make it to Hawaii before Allegiant. Purchasing Sun Country could change that.
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