RAH buys Midwest!!!

[Lear70]

Those RJ guys weren't even born then, you think they'd remember those?

 

[hockeypilot44]

Air Florida? Midway? Skybus?

 

[10nCLR]

What's this? "Herman the Duck" is back in MKE!!!! Oh, wait-nevermind.

 

[rtmcfi]

Someone give me an example of a regional airline becoming a "successful" stand-alone airline.....I can't think of any.

CD

Delta

 

[dougdrvr]

What's this? "Herman the Duck" is back in MKE!!!! Oh, wait-nevermind.

Funny you should mention that. When one of the MKE local news stations was doing the story on Repulic buying Midwest, they were showing some file footage of the original Republic DC-9s

 

[dougdrvr]

Those RJ guys weren't even born then, you think they'd remember those?

I don't remember Varney Speed Lines, but I know something about them.

 

[10nCLR]

Funny you should mention that. When one of the MKE local news stations was doing the story on Repulic buying Midwest, they were showing some file footage of the original Republic DC-9s

Yup, how ironic is that. MKE use to be one of their focus cities too. I wonder if any of those DC-9s flying in the Northwest system are some of the original Republic or North Central planes. lol

 

[Cardinal]

I wonder if any of those DC-9s flying in the Northwest system are some of the original Republic or North Central planes. lol

N965N, DC-9-31, ex-Republic, still flying at Northwest: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Republic-Airlines/Douglas-DC-9-31/1481907/M/

N761NC, DC-9-51, ex-North Central, still flying at Northwest: http://www.airliners.net/photo/North-Central-Airlines/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-9-51/1493388/M/

 

[curtaindriver]

Delta

Give me a freakin break dude.....you know what I meant....unless you want to debate symantics of the term "regional". In your context, all airlines were once "regional". Anyway..........

CD

 

[IAHERJ]

I can tell you I'm buying XJT stock every month in my CAL B-fund account. I'll have ten thousand shares soon. I'm betting the quality carriers like XJT will be getting the chance to pick up some slack from the Colgans of the industry as CAL and others start to take a look at their regional portfolio's.