Republic Airways provides clearest vision yet of consolidation strategy

[mynameisjim]

..." and they[frontier] do it under Midwest branding taking advantage of the local market position there."

They are using the Midwest brand to sell Frontier seats of out Milwaukee. Are the passengers stupid enough to think that brand will have anything to do with the flying experience?

 

[dougdrvr]

what does it say in that article? is it worth reading?

He's gone all the way around the barn to say that,
"We made tons of money of the backs of the employees"
" Screwed lots of unions"
"We're very low on cash, so we'll cook the books with foreign aircraft orders"

 

[dougdrvr]

They are using the Midwest brand to sell Frontier seats of out Milwaukee. Are the passengers stupid enough to think that brand will have anything to do with the flying experience?

At least Frontier has a reputation for good service. I like the way he quotes the Zagat survey which is based on the performance of most of the people that are GONE!

 

[Popeye0537]

It's a f**ckin' slimeball operation that deserves and is destined to fail.

What is a "luxury edition" of the 145? Don't you need a space shuttle type rating to fly that thing?

 

[lookin4better]

It's a f**ckin' slimeball operation that deserves and is destined to fail.

There is too much capacity in the system..... Does Indpendnce Air and other branded flying mean anything? Just let this play out, knowing history it is easy to tell what will happen to this airline. He is obviously going to turn the whole operation into its own airline and it will fail. This is not the time for new entrants to this industry, it will take care of itself. No need to bash all the pilots, its not their fault.

 

[joeyfly55]

what does it say in that article? is it worth reading?

no..no its not..republic sucks!

 

[10nCLR]

“On the branded side, Midwest was a good brand but it was financially struggling,” he said. “The Midwest product has always produced a RASM premium over competition but at a substantial CASM premium as well. Our job was simple – could we buy company and operate it at our costs and we’ve done that. We’ve dismantled everything that was Midwest. There is no operating certificate, no unions, no anything. It is a virtual airline providing capacity sourced either through Republic with the E-Jets or Frontier with its A319s. We’ve eliminated the CASM problems and hope we retained the RASM premium.” He did not say whether the company still holds the Midwest operating certificate which could be used to raise funds.
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Exactly, along with sending loyal (20-25 yr) MKE employees to the street.

 

[Flyerdan]

Exactly, along with sending loyal (20-25 yr) MKE employees to the street.

Just goes to show you that seniority has nothing to do with job security if your management group can't get it together enough to turn a profit.

If the airlines start hiring again people better take a good hard look at getting on with RAH. They seem to have one of the sharpest management teams in the industry right now.

 

[lookin4better]

I would rather have a 135 job than work at Republic.

 

[DGdaPilot]

Part of that article is wrong. They say they have 76 seat aircraft at CHQ. That's not true because CHQ does American Connection flying and the APA scope clause only allows Eagle to have some 70 seaters.