Looks Like Delta Will Be #3 Again...Now Who To Buy?

[Flyby1206]

Alaska is much more valuable to DAL than AA. The SEA/PacNW ops would mean little to AA, but would create a fortress hub opportunity for DAL.

LAX is very fragmented, and AA/AS would help a bit, but wouldnt come close to solving the problem. DL/AS in LAX would control a larger share than AA/AS, meaning more value to DAL.

 

[flyboyike]

Richard Anderson cares about Richard Anderson, saying that guy doesn't have an ego? Well, maybe compared to Trump he doesn't :laugh:

Very true.

 

[Monster Buck]

As good as we are doing financially I would rather stay in third. 1st and 2nd are not looking so good as airlines

 

[Erlanger]

Delta is going to buy Alaska and JetBlue eventually. Alaska though for sure.

 

[Angus Khan]

Hot rumor from the training center at AA. Aeroflot interested in acquisition purchase of AA.

 

[thepotato232]

Hot rumor from the training center at AA. Aeroflot interested in acquisition purchase of AA.

Can't help but think Swayze and the Wolverines would have something to say about that.

 

[AK737FO]

Can't help but think Swayze and the Wolverines would have something to say about that.

Now thats funny right there...

Wolverines!!!! Loved that movie when I was a kid!

 

[imacdog]

Please not Alaska, they're the only airline that's any good to ride on anymore.

 

[CA1900]

Please not Alaska, they're the only airline that's any good to ride on anymore.

Agree completely!

 

[bizicmo]

I see Delta buying netjets. While most of passenger traffic would be kept separate it would allow for some cross operation traffic, the most important type of course the high rollers.

 

[imacdog]

It worked for United so why not?

 

[HighSpeedClimb]

DAL will merge with SWA in 3.5 years. Save this post and read it again in 3 years.

 

[daviator]

Hawaiian. Only 500+ pilots. Allot of south pac routes they own but don't fly. Plus, fleet intergrates well 330, 767 and 717 (which Delta will be getting, too !). Book it Dano

 

[Dan Roman]

Hawaiian. Only 500+ pilots. Allot of south pac routes they own but don't fly. Plus, fleet intergrates well 330, 767 and 717 (which Delta will be getting, too !). Book it Dano

Too funny, were do you get "A lot of South Pacific routes they own but don't fly"?

 

[Full of LUV]

Too funny, were do you get "A lot of South Pacific routes they own but don't fly"?

Yeah, I thought the same, we have a route that would make a ton of money but........ let's just sit on it and focus on Japan and the US East Coast where the money is...... They'll probably go to China if the tourist visa could be more expeditious.

 

[jetflier]

Hawaiian. Only 500+ pilots. Allot of south pac routes they own but don't fly. Plus, fleet intergrates well 330, 767 and 717 (which Delta will be getting, too !). Book it Dano

I have heard this one on a DALPA forum. Supposedly came from the the rumor central chief pilots office....

I personally like the AA rumor, I think a lot of AA pilots would prefer that one.

 

[Dan Roman]

Yeah, I thought the same, we have a route that would make a ton of money but........ let's just sit on it and focus on Japan and the US East Coast where the money is...... They'll probably go to China if the tourist visa could be more expeditious.

Correct on all accounts. We have been hiring Chinese speaking F/A's. It sounds like the visa situation is getting closer to being resolved.

The DAL rumor has been around for years on the DAL side. The reality is Hawaiian carries a lot of people because they specialize in flying people to Hawaii that want to start their Hawaiian vacation on Hawaiian Air, not a mainland airline. Take the Hawaii out of Hawaiian and you lose a lot of what has made them successful.