Michael Boyd
Michael Boyd
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Frontier Airlines is already losing money. JetBlue and AirTran are on the edge, and Southwest, had it not hedged fuel, would be losing money. Anything with a wing has problems with today's fuel prices. But if oil had stayed where it was a year ago, like we thought it would, we'd be talking today about how profitable the airlines are today.
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If the airline has no viable business or cash flow, it can't stay together. That's why they are in this mess.
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It's not that big a deal, ... They're re-branding it as Delta rather than as a separate sub-brand. . . . Other than that, there's not much of a change. There's no reduction in competition, and fares will probably stay the same.
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To say that the '75 team would have probably given most major college teams a run would be selling them short.
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To rush into something wouldn't be prudent, ... It's going to take time to put maintenance programs together, labor contracts together.
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At this point, the real issues are: Number one, making sure it comes out on time, and number two, there can't be any glitches in production.
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Today you have Southwest Airlines in a reactive mode opening up cities they probably would not have opened up.
aware certainly checking news
We are certainly aware of the news and we are checking the information.
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Bottom line? Unless you're a bankruptcy attorney, this isn't going to mean a thing to you.
With Allegiant, if it doesn't make it, they leave.
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I don't know who's going to live or who's going to die. But we do know this: it's going to be a very nasty competitive mess.
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If the situation runs smoothly for the next three or four days, there may be no incentive for the company to end the strike. If it doesn't run smoothly, they might be back at the table at some point.
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but there ain't a lot of folks who'll drop what they're doing to take advantage of a cheap fare in such a market.
either
But either way, it's going to be ugly.