ATA closes shop - 2008 is proving to be brutal. Any predictions of the next to fall?

[rogerwilcoout]

Boy 2008 is already on a bad roll.

 

[YourPilotFriend]

Frontier is probably the next to go.

 

[TristarJS30]

Skybus will be gone by end of summer. Upper management is already bailing and they are cutting routes or frequencies.

 

[Smarta$$]

Skybus will be gone by end of summer. Upper management is already bailing and they are cutting routes or frequencies.

That is actually good news.

 

[Soverytired]

I'm thinking UAL will be filing for Ch 11 again very soon.

 

[TristarJS30]

That is actually good news.

Won't argue there! Just making my prediction as the next to go.

 

[atlcrashpad]

J.O. will try ta start a new carrier where the pilots will pay for the privledge ta fly and passengers will pay even bigger to get stuck at airports around the country...... Bouyyyyyyyyyy.....

 

[Oakum_Boy]

This is getting really ugly. Be afraid. Very afraid.

 

[On Your Six]

Alitalia in Italy will liquidate soon. Yeah, it's a scary time for airline pilots. As more airlines fall, the outlook for the entire industry grows more dim - it's like a domino effect with lenders and passengers getting nervous.

I think the regional industry will be impacted significantly as well - at least in the pocket book as the fees for feed are renegotiated. UAL is closely watching the Mesa/Delta situation from what I hear.

I guess Netjets will become a popular alternative for a lot of experienced regional drivers - I know that I would apply if I didn't like my current gig so much... Good luck to all!

 

[ATADSIP]

Final Day at ATA

Sitting here in the office it is very sad day. If you have never been through this it is very difficult to say the least. Planning where your planes will sit as the end is here. I wish all the best as our industry changes and most are left out in the cold.

 

[NWaviator]

Best of luck to all. I agree that Frontier is a option, I really hope not. There are great people there.

 

[Cpt Oveur]

Sun Country, Allegiant, Frontier, Expressjet, and Mesa are all on my watch list.

 

[TristarJS30]

I thought Allegiant was doing well?

 

[turbinej]

Just heard that Sun Country just furloughed a 1/3 of their pilots.

Champion just ceased operation the other day as well. Airplanes are parked all over the country. I think frontier, skybus and sun country the next to go

 

[Lilah]

My guess....

ExpressJet branded folds in less than a month, I'd put some money on that. They will low ball Delta flying and have an SLC domicile in less than two months at SkyWest's expense.

Mesa will lose domestic (lower 48) flying one by one, left with 900 flying and Go!

Skybus gone in three months.

Virgin America gone in 12 months.

One legacy (who knows?) gone/merged/stapled in 12 months.

My guesses are worth what you paid for them....

Lilah

 

[turbinej]

Alligiant is doing well. Their stock is about 26.88 higher than most or all carriers

 

[USCtrojan]

Alligiant is doing well. Their stock is about 26.88 higher than most or all carriers

Allegiant has turned a profit ever since its inception. Pretty impressive.

Trojan

 

[MALSR]

I fail to see how XJT management can justify continuing branded flying for much longer.

 

[Bako Cap]

ExpressJet branded folds in less than a month, I'd put some money on that. They will low ball Delta flying and have an SLC domicile in less than two months at SkyWest's expense.

SkyWest has a utilzation contract with Delta for at least the next two years. I do not think that expressjet could opperate at a loss, in the current environment, for the next two years to obtain a sustainible contract as a DCI carrier. Delta could cancel all of SkyWest's flying for Expressjet, but that would come at a huge cost that could spin Delta back into ch. 11.

 

[BOX OFFICE]

Alitalia in Italy will liquidate soon.

I thought Alitalia was just bought out by KLM/Air France? It was announced last month.