Originally Posted by
adamj023
Yup. Not sure what they will do but I guess there is demand out of LGA.
Makes a more competitive market. But prices out of LGA will always be higher than JFK. I guess some people don't mind paying a price premium on the routes or they will just add some capacity to existing routes.
WestJet and JetBlue both won slots and both run on the same business model and had some of the same players involved with founding the company.
WestJet was based on an all boeing fleet then JetBlue wound up getting cheaper pricing from the subsidized Airbus fleet.
So essentially since JetBlue doesn't fly to Canada, it was as if JetBlue won all the slots from the auction in essense.
Just interesting there. Both excellent business models so the deal improves LGA with stronger carriers allowing JetBlue + WestJet access to more slots rather than having USAirways having them.
Southwest + AirTran together have a lot of slots at LGA now I presume.