FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Alaska Nears Deal to Acquire Hawaiian Airlines (DOJ Decision by 8/20/2024)
Old Dec 7, 2023 | 1:55 pm
  #408  
Boraxo
FlyerTalk Evangelist
1M
2M
50 Countries Visited
20 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Danville, CA, USA;
Programs: UA 1MM, WN CP, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Gold, IC Plat
Posts: 18,062
Originally Posted by Aliquot
HP acquired US and kept the US brand.
And Nationsbank acquired BofA and kept the brand. But the point is, you never have two brands, you keep the stronger one. Does anyone think HA is stronger than AS or that AS management would ever concede that?

Originally Posted by bongodriver
So what happens to the HA aircraft sequence in the opening to Hawaii Five-O?
The show will be cancelled before any planes are repainted, LOL. In worse case they can just airbursh it out like the opening sequence of the Sopranos that used to feature the twin towers
Boraxo is offline