Comments on: A Quick Word about the (now announced) Northwest - Delta Merger http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2008/04/15/a-quick-word-about-the-now-announced-northwest-delta-merger/ The Daily Airline News by Jared Blank Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:39:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: iahphx http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2008/04/15/a-quick-word-about-the-now-announced-northwest-delta-merger/#comment-2234 iahphx Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:39:46 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2008/04/15/a-quick-word-about-the-now-announced-northwest-delta-merger/#comment-2234 I'm not a big fan of a CO-UA merger. Kellner thinks he needs to get bigger to compete against NW/DL. The only thing I can say is that UA seems to be run poorly from a management perspective. I bet there are a zillion efficiencies CO management could wring out of UA if they took over and could get a good handle on this collosus. It's a huge undertaking but, down the road, if they could shape UA's culture to be like CO's (and remember before Bethune, CO had the WORST culture!), they would create the number one airline in the world for like forever. I’m not a big fan of a CO-UA merger. Kellner thinks he needs to get bigger to compete against NW/DL.

The only thing I can say is that UA seems to be run poorly from a management perspective. I bet there are a zillion efficiencies CO management could wring out of UA if they took over and could get a good handle on this collosus. It’s a huge undertaking but, down the road, if they could shape UA’s culture to be like CO’s (and remember before Bethune, CO had the WORST culture!), they would create the number one airline in the world for like forever.

]]> By: onlinetravelreview http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2008/04/15/a-quick-word-about-the-now-announced-northwest-delta-merger/#comment-2034 onlinetravelreview Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:00:57 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2008/04/15/a-quick-word-about-the-now-announced-northwest-delta-merger/#comment-2034 Avi, I have absolutely no idea why Continental would want to take a perfectly good business and destroy it in a merger. Maybe IAHPHX can weigh in...thoughts? Avi, I have absolutely no idea why Continental would want to take a perfectly good business and destroy it in a merger.

Maybe IAHPHX can weigh in…thoughts?

]]> By: charlie http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2008/04/15/a-quick-word-about-the-now-announced-northwest-delta-merger/#comment-2030 charlie Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:13:11 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2008/04/15/a-quick-word-about-the-now-announced-northwest-delta-merger/#comment-2030 How is extracting extra profit from a few routes to small cities where they two overlap going to help a combined Deltawest? I know a few business/last minute tickets are the key to profit, but when you look at cities where the merged airlines would have market control, I can't imagine a huge amount of business traffic. Maybe NW's Asia flights are interesting, and the merger would give NWA a chance to retire the MD-80s. But otherwise this merger would be a disaster. How is extracting extra profit from a few routes to small cities where they two overlap going to help a combined Deltawest? I know a few business/last minute tickets are the key to profit, but when you look at cities where the merged airlines would have market control, I can’t imagine a huge amount of business traffic.

Maybe NW’s Asia flights are interesting, and the merger would give NWA a chance to retire the MD-80s.

But otherwise this merger would be a disaster.

]]> By: Avi Greengart http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2008/04/15/a-quick-word-about-the-now-announced-northwest-delta-merger/#comment-2028 Avi Greengart Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:36:49 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2008/04/15/a-quick-word-about-the-now-announced-northwest-delta-merger/#comment-2028 Jared, Can you explain to me why Continental feels the need to merge with United in response to Delta-NW? Even assuming that Delta-NW works out, wouldn't it still make more sense for CO to compete on its own, without any distractions? Last I checked, CO was one of the few legacy carriers that was in good shape. -avi Jared,

Can you explain to me why Continental feels the need to merge with United in response to Delta-NW? Even assuming that Delta-NW works out, wouldn’t it still make more sense for CO to compete on its own, without any distractions? Last I checked, CO was one of the few legacy carriers that was in good shape.

-avi

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