Delta's reorganization and what the regionals are bidding for

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Low bid or not, Skywest has the monopoly on all SLC flying. It wants 100% of the flying there. Skywest was able to force Shuttle out (yes, it was Skywest's doing.)

Doubtful. It was the higher fuel burns of the 170 that made Delta move them to the East where the leg lengths are shorter. The mission for the 170 is now to compete against AirTran on business-oriented markets.

and sent ASA back to ATL.

Really, then why did our block ours out in SLC actually increase after we closed our base in SLC? Why are members of our senior management going around saying that we should have kept the base open?

 

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http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061230/BIZ01/612300361/1001/BIZ

More Comair cutbacks coming?
Delta says decision made, but it won't say who got contracts
BY ALEXANDER COOLIDGE | [email protected]

While both Comair pilots and executives breathed a sigh of relief after a last-minute deal this week averted a strike, the Erlanger-based regional airline still faces potential fleet cutbacks at the hands of parent Delta Air Lines.
Delta said Friday that it already has made a decision on what carriers will do its regional flying in the future - though it refused to say whether Comair would lose more jets.

Comair officials have pushed hard to cut pilot and other pay to improve the airline's chances of retaining regional flying for Delta. In November, Delta said it would strip Comair of its 12 70-seat jets and let contractor SkyWest operate them next spring. Delta said the decision on the remaining 81 jets in play - some in Comair's fleet - would occur by the year-end.

Delta officials said the airline would wait for contractors to announce their new duties. Spokeswoman Gina Laughlin said that even if Comair and its pilots union cut a deal immediately to slash pay, that would not alter how Delta awarded the jets.