LA Times: US and WN?

[reepicheep]

What would WN get from a merger that they can't do on their own? A few routes to Europe and a whole 19 widebodies?

 

[greenbayfan]

No matter what SWA decides, it is obvious that the stake in ATA was nothing but the equivalent of a 1 night stand with a cheap whore, where SWA got a pretty nice lay for $40 mill, gobbling up gates and market share out of Chicago, you ATA guys better start lookn' for work homey...

 

[BeachBummer]

No matter what SWA decides, it is obvious that the stake in ATA was nothing but the equivalent of a 1 night stand with a cheap whore, where SWA got a pretty nice lay for $40 mill, gobbling up gates and market share out of Chicago, you ATA guys better start lookn' for work homey...

I think the holding co for ata just bought N american world, southern air and afew others... I think the ATA guys will be ok for awile. might not fly domestic much but they'll fly.

 

[flyingid]

what happened with Airtran/Alaska buyout/merger?

 

[HalinTexas]

I think the holding co for ata just bought N american world, southern air and afew others... I think the ATA guys will be ok for awile. might not fly domestic much but they'll fly.

ATA is parking the last 3 L10's. The 4 DC10's are staffed, but they're not getting OE all that fast. The result? ATA is overstaffed with no airplanes coming on the horizon. Lots of folks shown the door in the last couple of months. NAA and World are hiring. World is getting some new airframes this year. Rumors are running pretty wild around ATA right now.

 

[critterair2]

WN will buy NK, bank on it. Whatever WN comes up with, we will all step back and say, wow, didn't see that one coming.