Speculation: AA Survival? Headed for Bankruptcy Reorganization (Ch.11)?
Mar 4, 2020, 3:28 pm
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What kept US and UA alive during those dark Chapter 11 years were the creditors. A world without those 2 airlines would threaten their existence. You can best believe even in a Chapter 11 creditors would be bending over backwards to keep AA in business.
Mar 4, 2020, 3:50 pm
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Other companies will come in to fill the vacuum - that's the free market system. I am not interested in using a dime of my tax money to bail out a bunch of poorly run businesses that do nothing but enrich key executives and shareholders at the expense of everyone else. Let them fail, they deserve it.
Mar 4, 2020, 3:54 pm
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Many could have said the same thing about Pan Am, TWA, Eastern, etc. I don't think the automotive industry is a very good benchmark.
Mar 4, 2020, 4:39 pm
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I would hope AA is planning on getting rid of its outrageous bag fees that are not customer friendly and revamping its mileage program. I would be surprised to see AA go bankrupt as COVID19 continues. I hope AA management will do more to actually attract customers.
Mar 4, 2020, 4:46 pm
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I highly doubt that will happen. In fact AA was the airline that invented bag fees.
Mar 4, 2020, 4:46 pm
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What kept US and UA alive during those dark Chapter 11 years were the creditors. A world without those 2 airlines would threaten their existence. You can best believe even in a Chapter 11 creditors would be bending over backwards to keep AA in business.
Mar 4, 2020, 6:28 pm
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I don't think so.
Everyone's got their niche, business model, capacity. Alaska and JetBlue *combined* don't carry *half* as many passengers as American or Delta on their own. Nobody's going to double or triple their operational scale to jump into some void that their business just isn't intended to fit.
Mar 4, 2020, 7:14 pm
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So if the Big 3 were to vanish, Southwest would start flying to Tokyo, Johannesburg, Munich?
I don't think so.
Everyone's got their niche, business model, capacity. Alaska and JetBlue *combined* don't carry *half* as many passengers as American or Delta on their own. Nobody's going to double or triple their operational scale to jump into some void that their business just isn't intended to fit.
I don't think so.
Everyone's got their niche, business model, capacity. Alaska and JetBlue *combined* don't carry *half* as many passengers as American or Delta on their own. Nobody's going to double or triple their operational scale to jump into some void that their business just isn't intended to fit.
Mar 4, 2020, 8:12 pm
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So if the Big 3 were to vanish, Southwest would start flying to Tokyo, Johannesburg, Munich?
I don't think so.
Everyone's got their niche, business model, capacity. Alaska and JetBlue *combined* don't carry *half* as many passengers as American or Delta on their own. Nobody's going to double or triple their operational scale to jump into some void that their business just isn't intended to fit.
I don't think so.
Everyone's got their niche, business model, capacity. Alaska and JetBlue *combined* don't carry *half* as many passengers as American or Delta on their own. Nobody's going to double or triple their operational scale to jump into some void that their business just isn't intended to fit.
Mar 4, 2020, 8:24 pm
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Honestly I miss the Gold Bond at their Phoenix clubs. Now...while we don't know if it actually causes cancer after being outside in 113° F weather feels amazing.
Mar 4, 2020, 8:32 pm
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So if the Big 3 were to vanish, Southwest would start flying to Tokyo, Johannesburg, Munich?
I don't think so.
Everyone's got their niche, business model, capacity. Alaska and JetBlue *combined* don't carry *half* as many passengers as American or Delta on their own. Nobody's going to double or triple their operational scale to jump into some void that their business just isn't intended to fit.
I don't think so.
Everyone's got their niche, business model, capacity. Alaska and JetBlue *combined* don't carry *half* as many passengers as American or Delta on their own. Nobody's going to double or triple their operational scale to jump into some void that their business just isn't intended to fit.
Mar 4, 2020, 9:54 pm
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It's all about standing out; if any of the big carriers would lower the checked baggage-fees significantly, the others would follow.