Comments on: Airline Mergers: Quick Look at the Potential United & US Airways Merger http://rickseaney.com/2008/04/28/airline-mergers-quick-look-at-the-potential-united-us-airways-merger/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:48:04 GMT http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Rick Seaney http://rickseaney.com/2008/04/28/airline-mergers-quick-look-at-the-potential-united-us-airways-merger/#comment-11260 Rick Seaney Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:38:30 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2008/04/28/airline-merger-quick-look-at-the-potential-united-us-airways-merger/#comment-11260 I would suspect at least at 15% to 20% cut in domestic capacity if this merger goes through, similar to the drastic cut made in the US Airways / America West merger I would suspect at least at 15% to 20% cut in domestic capacity if this merger goes through, similar to the drastic cut made in the US Airways / America West merger

]]> By: beatofhawaii.com http://rickseaney.com/2008/04/28/airline-mergers-quick-look-at-the-potential-united-us-airways-merger/#comment-11242 beatofhawaii.com Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:00:41 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2008/04/28/airline-merger-quick-look-at-the-potential-united-us-airways-merger/#comment-11242 Thanks Rick for running those UA/US numbers. Whichever way the mergers and acquisitions end up coming down, I imagine that most excess capacity will be sucked dry. Then the airlines can charge enough to pay for jet fuel and then some. We've already seen at least a 30% increase in our Hawaii trans-Pacific market in recent weeks. Aloha, Jeff http://beatofhawaii.com Thanks Rick for running those UA/US numbers. Whichever way the mergers and acquisitions end up coming down, I imagine that most excess capacity will be sucked dry. Then the airlines can charge enough to pay for jet fuel and then some. We’ve already seen at least a 30% increase in our Hawaii trans-Pacific market in recent weeks.

Aloha,
Jeff
http://beatofhawaii.com

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