whos gonna buy who??

[gt1900]

It sounds like the merger bug is going around again so you might as well place your bets.. I say

Airtran and Alaska
SWA and Frontier
Jetblue and DAL
UAL and CAL
NWA gets bought by Skybus
Virgin and Spirit..

Oh ya.. Gojets is gonna buy Mesa as well...

 

[afhercdriver]

SWA, AirTran and Alaska

The rest is up in the air. No pun intended.

 

[scoreboard]

swa, alaska, frontier

LCC, International,

 

[AA717driver]

AA buys Delta. If they give them the same deal they gave TWA, AA will have more fences than the U.S./Mexico border. (A LOT more...) TC

 

[grog_sit_reserv]

United USAirways. God help us all...

 

[luckytohaveajob]

AA buys Delta. If they give them the same deal they gave TWA, AA will have more fences than the U.S./Mexico border. (A LOT more...) TC

funny

 

[Whataburger]

Isn't it: Who's gonna buy WHOM?

And yes, their is not one spelling or grammar mistake in all my past posts.

 

[FlyFastLiveSlow]

Isn't it: Who's gonna buy WHOM?

And yes, their is not one spelling or grammar mistake in all my past posts.

Ummmmmmm.......:nuts:

 

[be-400xpdriver]

great lakes and big sky

 

[208starcheck]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Whataburger
Isn't it: Who's gonna buy WHOM?

And yes, their is not one spelling or grammar mistake in all my past posts.

Ummmmmmm.......:nuts:

That is funny.

 

[ivauir]

Ummmmmmm.......:nuts:

Turn your irony detector on.

 

[Flydaplane]

Now that was funny Skybus buying NWest.

 

[Quimby]

Trans Pan Eastern Airways

 

[Bavarian Chef]

Now that was funny Skybus buying NWest.

Why would Skybus want NW?

 

[Sailpilot]

Gulfstream to buy Jetblue.

"BlueStream" next buys Cape Air to gain the Hacket brothers as a new CEO and President team. Lowel heads up the Emb-190 maint team.

 

[Occam's Razor]

jetBlue will buy Delta, but only for more passenger sleeping space at JFK.

 

[Jeepman]

United USAirways. God help us all...

Then their house will burn down and leave enough capacity for everybody.

Seriously, I don't know about USAir, but I would never go to UAL. Why,?horrible customer service for anyone in coach. Bitter employees. No pretzels for many express flights. Not making money. And, my favorite a 4.5 Debt to equity ratio!

 

[Dr Pepper]

Wal-Mart will eventually own it all. Food service will be provided by McDonald's.

 

[Captain X]

CAL buys Frontier (again) and then Alaska.

Combined Market Cap's of about $1.3B.

CAL has $3.2B cash on hand.

Of course some of the overlap would be eliminated and the Frontier guys are gonna have to remember how to fly a Boeing again.

Strong West Coast presence desired, what?

 

[Whataburger]

Turn your irony detector on.

Winner, winner chicken dinner!
They're is no sure-fire way to get sarcasm/irony out properly over the information superhighway.

 

[Bavarian Chef]

jetBlue will buy Delta, but only for more passenger sleeping space at JFK.

Oh, I like it. Still laughing.

 

[roadrunnerblue]

AA buys Delta. If they give them the same deal they gave TWA, AA will have more fences than the U.S./Mexico border. (A LOT more...) TC

What do you mean? There are no fences along the border and that is why we have this immigration mess!

 

[Jonny Sacko]

A Lot

 

[Bavarian Chef]

What do you mean? There are no fences along the border and that is why we have this immigration mess!

Wrong. There are no complete fences, but fences nonetheless.

sorry, off-topic.

 

[pgcfii2002]

American is going to buy Air Cal

 

[FlyBoeingJets]

I thought there would be more legacy merger activity. I thought it was the smart thing to do. But only the the most troubled big carriers sought mergers the last couple of years during good times. UAL and USAir. They figured it would help them survive or remain more vital.

On reflection I believe it didn't become more popular because there wasn't a lack of capacity. In an environment of good pricing power (controlled capacity) a smart merger could have provided a synergy to spur more traffic and a need for more airplanes.

But now we are entering a slower period where orders are reduced or delayed by many carriers. We are in the "Too many airplanes on order for market conditions" cycle. Capacity will get worse before it gets better. I'm thinking that is not a traditionally merger active cycle. A merger now would mean folks out of work and airplanes parked. Kinda expensive and needless. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

I believe mergers will pick up after the orders are reduced and capacity growth is reduced if not reversed. Near the beginning of the "We don't have enough airplanes on order" cycle.

I have no idea how long this cycle will last. Maybe its about to reverse this year. Maybe a bunch of older DC9s and 737 classics will get parked in a hurry to herald the reversal.

 

[AA717driver]

American is going to buy Air Cal

What a moron! AirCal would never fit into their route system. It's better to just let AC and PSA fight it out in California. Now, they could be in trouble if SWA decides to move into CA in a big way but I just don't see them growing big enough to do that.

No, I think AirCal and PSA are immune from being bought out and they will continue to slug it out up and down the coast.

Oh, yeah, one more thing--I'm available for investment advice for anyone interested in airline stocks. TC

 

[matthewjohn]

Independence will come back to buy UAL. sweet justice!

 

[acarpe3448]

Isn't it: Who's gonna buy WHOM?

And yes, their is not one spelling or grammar mistake in all my past posts.

If you capitalize the word WHOM and follow it with a question mark, is that not a gramatical error? By capitalizing a word at the end of a sentenence for emphasis, would'nt the exclamation point be the proper gramatical choice.

 

[acarpe3448]

Isn't it: Who's gonna buy WHOM?

And yes, their is not one spelling or grammar mistake in all my past posts.

Checking the rules of punctuation and grammar, your whom should not be capitalized!


http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/capital.asp