Impact if US Airways Buys UA?!?
Apr 7, 2010, 3:14 pm
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Impact if US Airways Buys UA?!?
Just saw this come through...scares me frankly. It'll be a race to the bottom if this goes through...
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/20...-talks/?emc=na
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/20...-talks/?emc=na
Apr 7, 2010, 3:28 pm
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Just saw this come through...scares me frankly. It'll be a race to the bottom if this goes through...
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/20...-talks/?emc=na
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/20...-talks/?emc=na
Sad news likely to come out on Wednesday
Apr 7, 2010, 3:31 pm
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Scary
Apr 7, 2010, 3:41 pm
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Sounds eerily familiar...
Apr 7, 2010, 3:46 pm
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Very doubtful, given UA's courtship of CO. A UA-US-CO merger would never be approved, and UA has already committed to "dating" CO with the intention of tieing the knot.
Should UA and US merge, however, it would make *A basically a one-carrier airline, as CO and UA are making as many parts of their service identical as possible.
Also, I doubt I'd give my business to US again, so if this does go through, I guess I'll be staying with DL.
Should UA and US merge, however, it would make *A basically a one-carrier airline, as CO and UA are making as many parts of their service identical as possible.
Also, I doubt I'd give my business to US again, so if this does go through, I guess I'll be staying with DL.
Apr 7, 2010, 3:49 pm
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Delta has shown the way. Consolidate and then cut capacity - the sum of the whole will not be equal to its parts.
Apr 7, 2010, 3:54 pm
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United/US scare
all the merger it will do is remove seats and cut routes. be ready for higher prices
Apr 7, 2010, 3:54 pm
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If so, would that prompt DL management to look for another airline to buy in order to regain the "world's biggest title" and to realize more "synergies"?
Would that mean another poorly conceived and implemented integration during which we would be constantly reminded "everything will be better in just a few more months"?
Would DL have to change terminals in PHL again, resulting in another 12 month delay in returning a Sky Club?
Apr 7, 2010, 3:55 pm
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Apr 7, 2010, 4:08 pm
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Hasn't Continental already seen this movie, where it's in a team with 2 other US partners which then merge? 
Hello, OneWorld!
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Hello, OneWorld!
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Apr 7, 2010, 4:16 pm
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Higher prices and more barbie jets in the long run for us.
For the industry as a whole, any consolidation has benefits.
Lets face it, with all the work CO & UA have done to "marry" their schedule, I think this is more of a scare tactic to get CO to buy UA as they've seen what's happened to them already with DL/NW merger and how they were the odd man out.
For the industry as a whole, any consolidation has benefits.
Lets face it, with all the work CO & UA have done to "marry" their schedule, I think this is more of a scare tactic to get CO to buy UA as they've seen what's happened to them already with DL/NW merger and how they were the odd man out.
Apr 7, 2010, 4:56 pm
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US would love to run UA. Mr Tilton at UA would love to retire and collect his massive merger bonus. That doesn't make it a done deal, fortunately.
Apr 7, 2010, 5:19 pm
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Would UA+US be bigger than DL+NW?
If so, would that prompt DL management to look for another airline to buy in order to regain the "world's biggest title" and to realize more "synergies"?
Would that mean another poorly conceived and implemented integration during which we would be constantly reminded "everything will be better in just a few more months"?
Would DL have to change terminals in PHL again, resulting in another 12 month delay in returning a Sky Club?
If so, would that prompt DL management to look for another airline to buy in order to regain the "world's biggest title" and to realize more "synergies"?
Would that mean another poorly conceived and implemented integration during which we would be constantly reminded "everything will be better in just a few more months"?
Would DL have to change terminals in PHL again, resulting in another 12 month delay in returning a Sky Club?
Apr 7, 2010, 5:33 pm
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