Fractional M&A's

[ArtVandalay]

Who will it be??? I'm hearing things.

 

[Crash Pad]

Who has the spare cash to do it?

 

[wacoflyr]

Avantair will acquire flex....

You'll get props, but we'll get nice jackets....

 

[Crash Pad]

Flexopsavantnetshares. It rolls off the tongue and we are one big happy family!

 

[dashtrasher]

Don't forget FLEXOJET

 

[glasspilot]

...I'm hearing things.

What are you hearing?

 

[Pervis]

What are you hearing?

Voices in his head-again?

 

[ArtVandalay]

Those voices are gone now btw. An acquisition is going to happen, it has to.

 

[jonjuan]

I'm hearing things.

FR farted.

 

[jtf]

Why does it have to? Each of the players have very different pricing structures and binding contracts that make it very hard to combine. NetJets probably has the money to do something, but as the highest cost provider, all those contracts at much lower costs would bleed the company out and would not be worth the price of taking out a competitor and NetJets just bought out Marquis and is trying to get Chinese operations started. Flex isn't going to buy another company out and fly non-Bombardier products. Citation Air isn't going to buy a company out and fly non Cessna products. Avantair isn't going to buy someone out and fly non Piaggio aircraft (they already gave up on flying VLJs before they got started). I guess the only buyouts I could see would be established players picking up charter operators to supplement their own lift like NJA does with EJM. That would be the only buyouts I can see that would make any sense for any of the fractionals (and maybe that wouldn't make financial sense for all I really know).

 

[gunfyter]

How about Flex and XOJet? They could just get rid of the X's

 

[ArtVandalay]

How about Flex and XOJet? They could just get rid of the X's

I thought about that too but, there is nothing in it for flex unless they have a 135 certificate that flex wants.

 

[RJ Bum]

NJA and XOJet. NJA will be looking to expand on charters through the Marquis Jet program and the CL300 will fill the void left by the loss of the H4000. Just speculation from a furloughed guy….

 

[CA1900]

I like it!

Plus, microwaves on the X's.

 

[X-rated]

How about XO / TMC? From what I see over in the Charter forum, I have a feeling the price might be right these days. Also, their size and fleet makeup would integrate well and provide a small cabin option for those like NJAowner who don't always need the supper-mid cabin.

 

[ArtVandalay]

NJA and XOJet. NJA will be looking to expand on charters through the Marquis Jet program and the CL300 will fill the void left by the loss of the H4000. Just speculation from a furloughed guy….

You won't EVER get the 300, not buy acquisition, takeover, consumption, or chance; just give up thinking about it.

 

[wacoflyr]

You won't EVER get the 300, not buy acquisition, takeover, consumption, or chance; just give up thinking about it.

And you're not getting any piaggios, so there!

 

[NJAowner]

I said it before - XOJ and Avantair. They are the only ones without fleet overlap. XOJ needs a smaller light jet for efficiency in short or single pax missions and the piaggo may provide that. Avantair needs real long range jets for it's fleet that can handle Fla to Colorado, Chicago, etc. No overlap here and not 10 different fleet types. The combined 3 fleets handle what most people need.

It makes more sense. All the other have too much duplication and would be too expensive to just add owners.

 

[cherry20's]

That does make sense... I'd still put my money on an XO/TMC merger(acquisition) before XOAvantiJET. My 2 cents...

 

[corpflunkie]

What is the most senior DOH at XO? Just curious