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[Fly-By-Cable]

That's exactly what AA wants. The only reason half of these "Mergers" happen nowadays is to get rid of competition. JetBlue has what AA wants, more slots at JFK. AA sells the Terminal to Delta, divests some slots for DOJ Approval, and they call it a day.

legacy buying an lcc to basically get rid of route competition. I dont care how many slots they divest, it will never get approval. This is exactly why delta never simply bought AT.

 

[Daddy]

The difference is that there are PLENTY of other carriers at JFK. Someone is going to make a play for JBLU. Horton and common sense do not belong in the same sentence. There is no telling what AMR will do...if you'll go into BK with almost 5B in cash, you'll do jusy about anything. Anyone know what was used to sweeten the deal? I'm guessing they upped the pay to buy the yes votes this time around. Scope will still suffer of course, but what do the old farts care?

 

[rjacobs]

JetBlue has what AA wants, more slots at JFK. AA sells the Terminal to Delta, divests some slots for DOJ Approval, and they call it a day.

And it comes full circle:
-JB got their JFK slots from TWA(I believe, might be wrong here) after AA bought them
-AA then buys JB to get those slots back
-AA sells its terminal to Delta
-AA moves back into the old TWA terminal that they sold to JB with TWA's slots.
-AA is EXACTLY in the same position it was in in JFK prior to buying and divesting TWA.

Seems like AA will be paying again for what it already paid for(and sold). This idea is so ridiculous it may actually happen.

 

[GIZMONC]

Little birdie told me that GK over at SWA had his sights on JBLUE. Jblue has a stronghold on JFK and BOS which SWA could never grow to match. Buy out a competitor you grow over night. However the Airbus birds are not a match to the SWA 737 single type but used airbuses are easy to get rid of. Being the number one customer for Boeing for the 737 I am sure SWA and Boeing could workout a deal, with either leased AC or new ones. As SWA moves forward they are going to need to replace those 88-717 with something.

 

[RT8VA]

Midwest bought by TPG which was basically NWA and then sold to Bryan Bedford who used to run Mesaba aka NWairlink. Nothing is impossible.

 

[dollacrackho]

God jet blue merging with southwest, what a cluster that would be . Jet blue pilots get the lube out and enjoy the taste of that pillow

 

[Jar Jar]

Since this thread contains only the most accurate and useful information:

GOJETS SUCKS

 

[Daddy]

If history is any guide, SWA will simply buy the company, keep the high cost labor and overhead, and then pay their strongest competitor to take the airplanes.

 

[Flyby1206]

legacy buying an lcc to basically get rid of route competition. I dont care how many slots they divest, it will never get approval. This is exactly why delta never simply bought AT.

Isnt that why any airline buys another? to reduce competition? What proposed mergers in the past have actually been denied by the DOT due to competitive reasons?

 

[Nevets]

Isnt that why any airline buys another? to reduce competition? What proposed mergers in the past have actually been denied by the DOT due to competitive reasons?

DOT, never. But the DOJ blocked UAL/USAir.