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Originally Posted by snake
What's Continental gonna offer, a wad of Continental currency??? maybe throw in some headset coupons too???? Do you suppose they could get a second mortgage on the extra engines and spare parts??? ;)
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Originally Posted by MBM3
Well there are some "gently used" 777 tail cone parts that I know CO wouldn't mind tossing in....
:) There are still a coule 747s Continental has sitting int he desert! :D -Vincent |
Originally Posted by MBM3
It is my understanding that the folks at CO were not very happy with HP becoming a LCC and providing a service level well below COs expectations. I too used the PHX hub a good amount as the fares were usually better and HP offered more options across the left coast. I will say that I am glad most of my segments on HP were short ones as I really was never impressed. In fact, for awhile I was calling them "Southwest with seating assignments and older planes"....
Yeah, but these days their airplanes aren't that old - their Airbuses and 757's are quite nice and they've parked their last 737-200's. I fly into PHX a lot, out of DFW, and while I will fly CO via IAH when I can, because I like CO, HP's nonstop service is, quite frankly, superior to American's. |
Originally Posted by MBM3
Would that make good business sense for CO? Plus, is there even enough equipment to run it?
There are antitrust considerations since CO flies a shuttle between EWR and DCA/BOS. Don't forget, the Delta Shuttle started out with New York Air, owned by Texas Air which then owned CO and Texas International. They had to sell it to Pan Am because of antitrust considerations when CO bought People Express. |
Originally Posted by jeffhacker
There are antitrust considerations since CO flies a shuttle between EWR and DCA/BOS. Don't forget, the Delta Shuttle started out with New York Air, owned by Texas Air which then owned CO and Texas International. They had to sell it to Pan Am because of antitrust considerations when CO bought People Express.
Oh yess. I did forget that little bit of history. Anti-Trust is ever changing though, who knows how it might hold up in today's courts... -Vincent |
It's not a really great merger....because there's little overlap and routings that make sense.
Are people really going to fly SJC-PHX-PHL-BLAH ? I'm thinking not. :) Steve |
Originally Posted by sllevin
It's not a really great merger....because there's little overlap and routings that make sense.
Are people really going to fly SJC-PHX-PHL-BLAH ? I'm thinking not. :) Steve LOL -Vincent |
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