Mesa gets new UAL deal.....

[General Lee]

I just read on Yahoo aviation finance that Mesa just signed a 10 year deal with United to add RJ's to their 10 Dash-8 deal. Apparently Mesa will supply 20 CRJ-700's and 15 CRJ-50's, with options for more( I believe 25 more if United needs them). I wonder if the CRJ-700 part of the deal will be a J4J deal and allow United Furloughs to be FO's? I thought that was a part of the J4J deal.

Also, when MESA announced this apparently ACA's stock fell close to $1.50 or 11%. Why? Could MESA's planes fly out of ORD or IAD?

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[flaps30]

ACAI STOCK

The stock fell when JP Morgan downgraded the stock this morning. Although the Mesa deal couldn't have helped. ACA ownes some of the gates in IAD, (ACA gals/guys can correct me). I think the Mesa expansion will be out west but this can't help ACA's future growth.

 

[Cardinal]

That's just spectacular.

 

[I.P. Freley]

Gates?

Doesn't ACA own that whole TERMINAL in IAD?

 

[KingAirKiddo]

Yeah, we own the whole terminal in IAD.

If Mesa is the "wave of the future" in regional flying, then count me out. This is disgusting.

 

[big dog1]

Mesa Air Group Sets Time for Discussion of United Airlines Regional Jet
MOU
Tuesday July 1, 2:45 pm ET

PHOENIX, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mesa Air Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:
MESA -News ) today announced it will hold an analyst's call at 1:30
Pacific Daylight Time to discuss the memorandum of understanding with
United Airlines for up to 60 regional jets.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990210/LAW065 )

Interested investors can access the web cast at www.mesa-air.com . The
call leader will be Jonathan Ornstein, Chairman and CEO of Mesa and the
call will last approximately one-half hour. A replay of the call will
also be available on Mesa's website approximately one hour after its
conclusion.

During the conference call, representatives from Mesa may make material
non-public disclosures. The company does not intend to make any
further disclosure of such information and encourages all interested
parties to listen to the conference call live or via the rebroadcast
available on the Company's website.

This press release contains various forward-looking statements that are
based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by and
information currently available to management. Although the Company
believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking
statements are reasonable; it can give no assurance that such
expectations will prove to have been correct. Such statements are
subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Should one or
more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying
assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from
those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected. The company does
not intend to update these forward-looking statements prior to its next
required filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

For further information regarding this press release please contact
Peter Murnane at 602-685-4010 or Peter.Murnane@M...

 

[Bako Cap]

If I remember correctly, WestAir had a bunch of gates that they owned in SFO and LAX. United whipsawed the gates away with the help of Mesa Air Group.

Hmmmmm. BlackWidow United. Another good airline consumed???

I hope I'm wrong, I think ACA is a class act and I like them a lot better than Mesa.

 

[Mayday911]

I love it when ACA pilots think they are OK just because their company owns the terminal in IAD.

EVERYTHING HAS A PRICE!!!!! I cannot believe that nobody has learned that yet.

Mayday

 

[I.P. Freley]

I don't think that any ACA pilot has said that they are "OK" because they own the terminal... I think KingAirKiddo was simply answering my question, without implying that things are "OK."

I don't think that many ACA pilots are going to look at this recent Mesa news and think that their terminal is going to save their skins...

 

[KingAirKiddo]

I love it when ACA pilots think they are OK just because their company owns the terminal in IAD.

EVERYTHING HAS A PRICE!!!!! I cannot believe that nobody has learned that yet.

Mayday

I.P. Freley hit it right on the head--all I was doing is answering his question about owning the terminal in IAD. Do I think this makes us "okay"? No, absolutely not. Quite to the contrary...I think that if our management does not have a rabbit up their sleeve, then we at ACA are screwed.

This is still disgusting.