First nail in ASA's coffin....

[FmrFreightDog]

[FONT=Verdana,Arial]AP Interview: Delta CEO says if quality suffers, feeder carriers could change[/FONT]

ATLANTA The chief executive officer said today that Delta Air Lines could make changes to the lineup of regional carriers that handle connecting flights in the interest of quality.
Delta already has indicated it might sell feeder carrier Comair after it exits bankruptcy.Chief Executive Gerald Grinstein told The Associated Press in an interview -- quote -- "If we're not getting the the right service, we'll have the substitutions."Comair is a subsidiary of Delta. Delta sold Atlantic Southeast Airlines to SkyWest for 425 (m) million dollars in 2005 but still uses it for connecting service. Both airlines were ranked near the bottom of a recent survey on lost baggage and flight delays.Grinstein did NOT say any changes were imminent, and he noted that Delta's connection carriers are valued partners and Delta will work with them to try to correct issues.But he also said the customer service by Delta's feeder carriers reflects on Delta's brand image.Grinstein says his own baggage has been lost on flights on Delta and other airlines he has used, though he said he always got the baggage back. He didn't say what carriers besides Delta misplaced some of his baggage.


Nice job, fearless leaders!

 

[John Pennekamp]

The first nail? More like the 10th.

 

[atlcrjdriver]

This is why DL is taking over the ramp/gate operations is ATL. IMHO, DL should have done this a long time ago.

 

[TOOL CRIB]

This is probably more PR stuff than anything. I don't see big changes happening when ALL the regional carriers that are based at busy airports have the worst performance of the bunch. They should just replace all ASA's 50 seaters with 70 seaters or turboprops, at least on the short and really long flights (Where we are typically weight limited).

 

[Erlanger]

The day ASA was sold, the nails were going in.

 

[JettBoii]

Delta will eventually phase out all of it's regional jet DCI carriers. A nicer more passenger/customer friendly turboprop will take over the short routes again hence a regional airline service. Delta will then once again resume a pure mainline service to it's larger destinations. Regionals will serve the region and legacy and majors will do the longe haul travel; everybody else will have to take the bus. The next economic catastrophe will occur and the whole cycle will start over again.

 

[atlcrjdriver]

This would be a great premonition, however as long as the LCCs are around so will the RJ. The mainline driver pay scale will guarantee that. ASA will be around for a long time, the name may go away once the carriers are merged but the op certificate will survive.

Back to the original question, any info on the RFP?

 

[wmuflyguy]

Except shifting flying won't work. Delta runs the DCI ramp in JFK, you could have any airline you want fly up there and they would be near the bottom of operating stats, because of the Delta ground support. Delta doesn't give a crap about DCI up there and it shows with the mess they concocted. All of Comair's major service out side of CVG is handled by Delta(BOS, GSO, JFK, ORD).

 

[wickedpilot]

The first nail? More like the 10th.

I second that, ASA has been rotting away for about 2 years now.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

The first nail? More like the 10th.

I was thinking more like a railroad spike.