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Old Dec 23, 2002 | 2:15 pm
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Look at their quarterly profits/losses and make a decision.

Southwest and JetBlue made money last quarter.

For the majors, CO lost $30-some million, and NW lost $40-some million.

AA/UA/DL all lost several hundred million $.

So, from a viability perspective, NW probably had the least damage (lowest loss for its size), plus it owns a lot of its (old) aircraft.

Obviously you'll have to make your own decisions, but if I lived in NYC and was in your shoes and wanted a major, I'd leverage the NW/CO partnership and put my miles in NW and fly either NW or CO (using CO's EWR strength for non-stops).
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