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Nov 7, 2025 | 11:16 am

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Originally Posted by diver858

This is far from unique to AS. I am old enough to remember AirCal, AirTran, America West, People's Express, PSA, Reno Air and Western, there are hundreds more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...d_acquisitions
The airline business is particularly brutal, tough decisions have to be made, we get butt hurt when it affects us personally. Fortunately, those in the East Bay have viable options - not always the case. Case in point: The now beloved UA abandoned CLE TWICE after acquiring CO https://simpleflying.com/united-airlines-cleveland-hub

The "unique to AS" part is the crying after the fact that it wanted back in to LGB. (My point wasn't about gutting the acquired airline.) I remember all of those airlines, and of the whole bunch, OC was my favorite. By the way, HP still exists, it just changed its lipstick twice, and still has a huge PHX operation.

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