airtran future?

[Lear70]

"we don't really own anything"

We do own 27 of the 737s and I think 2 717s

I stand corrected.

I wasn't aware that we outright owned, free and clear, any of our aircraft... Thought they were all leased or mortgaged to some extent.

Good info, thanks... need to go digging a little more into the 8k statements evidently.

 

[CitationLover]

cmon people it ain't too hard to get facts.

p. 15 of the 2006 Annual Report.

8 717's are owned, 18 737's.

 

[Max Powers]

owned or mortgaged ....Me thinks the latter

 

[Eagle757shark]

Now that Richard Anderson the former CEO of Northwest Airlines has been appointed CEO of Delta, the speculation has begun among analyst that a merger may be around the corner between the two airlines. AirTran may have to bulk up to be able to compete with this giant shall it occur.

 

[Eagle757shark]

Is AirTran better off without Midwest?

That's the question being asked by the Orlando Sentinel, which writes "industry analysts say it might be a good thing that ... AirTran Airways came up short in the high-stakes auction" for Milwaukee-based Midwest. The paper notes that AirTran's bid price increased nearly 400% over its initial offer for Midwest in 2005. "Some analysts said the price for Midwest had swollen so much that it threatened to eat into the cost savings AirTran executives were banking on as part of their attempts to combine the two carriers," the Sentinel writes.
AirTran CEO Joe Leonard says "we sought to acquire Midwest because a merger made strategic and operational sense -- and we pursued a deal vigorously and for the right reasons. But AirTran doesn't need to merge with any other carrier to achieve our business goals." At least some Wall Street observers appear to agree, the Sentinel says, noting firms like UBS still rate AirTran's stock as a "buy" -- even following the failed merger.
Now, however, the Sentinel writes "AirTran faces a much longer and more difficult road toward making itself into a national low-cost carrier able to challenge Southwest Airlines as the market's undisputed leader." Morningstar's Thompson tells the paper that AirTran is "going to have to grow additional hubs. And it's going to be difficult. They're going to have to battle it out."

Posted at 10:55 AM/ET, Aug




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[Eagle757shark]

Now, however, the Sentinel writes "AirTran faces a much longer and more difficult road toward making itself into a national low-cost carrier able to challenge Southwest Airlines as the market's undisputed leader." Morningstar's Thompson tells the paper that AirTran is "going to have to grow additional hubs. And it's going to be difficult. They're going to have to battle it out."

Posted at 10:55 AM/ET, Aug​

So the question remains will they try to build these hubs alone or through mergers. I tend to believe mergers are in the future. It is almost impossible to start a hub now, and most major locations already have been spoken for. Now that most carriers have stronger books, it is going to make it difficult to battle it out alone.

 

[~~~^~~~]

If Delta were to merge, AAI would be a winner. The only reason to merge is to try to pull capacity off the market, capacity that AirTran would fill just as they filled in Delta's mainline capacity they pulled off the market since 2000.

Today was a good news day for AirTran.
Delta's Board just passed over one man who could have beat AirTran....

Future is looking good at AAI.

 

[180ToTheMarker]

Today was a good news day for AirTran.
Delta's Board just passed over one man who could have beat AirTran....

Whitehurst???

 

[bestpilot]

Whitehurst???

TY GUY!

AWWWW YEAAAAHHH!!

 

[Ty Webb]

TY GUY!

AWWWW YEAAAAHHH!!

Yeah, Baby!!!!!!!!!!!! :beer:


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