Originally Posted by
Stumblefoot
From the sound of today's conference call, F9 is not close to signing any FF alliances with other carriers. I found it interesting to hear BB state the pool to choose from was small and that a couple of players are currently distracted. Any thoughts on who the players are that he was referring to?
I'm guessing United and American.
United obviously has its hands full getting its merger with Continental across the finish line and integrating the two carriers.
American seems pre-occupied with ATI and it's growing relationship with jetBlue.
I was told this past April from a pretty high ranking individual at the Republic that they were trying to pursue a codeshare/frequent flier partnership with American and possible entry as a regional member in the One World Alliance. That may still happen but the timing may have been pushed back due to everything else going on.
Frontier would compliment American's route network very well.