Giving up gates in CLT?

[luv2fly]

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[Non Rev]

Not too surprising. I hope this deal does not get done!!! Loose/Loose situation for CLT.

 

[A330US]

Not too surprising. I hope this deal does not get done!!! Loose/Loose situation for CLT.

i hope it doesnt happen either
i dont want CLT to lose gates for US, US owns CLT and CLT loves US !!
the hub is def gonna stay, and better be with international flights as well too.

 

[deltawatch]

Goverment would like this ... so would consumers .....

Southwest (LUV - commentary - Cramer's Take - Rating) has also noticed. In 2000, CEO Herb Kelleher discussed the possibility that the US Airways and United merger might involve divesting assets. He told a transportation conference that Charlotte was a city where, if regulators "said you have to give up half your gates, we'd be interested in looking at them."

Southwest's position hasn't changed. If Delta and US Airways are required to turn over assets to satisfy regulatory requirements, LaGuardia and Charlotte are both places Southwest might choose to serve, spokeswoman Beth Harbin said recently.

Requiring some Charlotte divestiture is not unlikely, says Mike Bell, who retired from Delta in 2004 as vice president of schedule development. During his career, Bell presided over scheduling and also evaluated the network efficiencies of mergers, most of which were never completed.

 

[Jimmy Neutron]

i hope it doesnt happen either
i dont want CLT to lose gates for US, US owns CLT and CLT loves US !!
the hub is def gonna stay, and better be with international flights as well too.

Boy are you people dreaming....

Dougie and Co. don't care one bit about the employees of either airline...All this crap about it making sense for all parties and no layoffs of front line employees is nothing but lies.......

Fact is the end result of this merger will be somewhere around 10,000 less employees and CLT will look like PIT in the end......

You can take it to the bank......

Remember the old saying from management over and over and over.....

"Two hubs operating too close together just results in overlapping flights competing with each other and makes no sense from a business standpoint"

So you can dream what you want, but reality will set in, maybe sooner then you think....

 

[Non Rev]

......... US owns CLT and CLT loves US !!

I think "loves" is not exactly right, how about "likes", we have gotten past the hates phase but not quite to "loves yet! 😉

 

[US1YFARE]

LOL, I haven't seen this much smoke being blown around since I went to an '80's heavy metal concert.

or....

since you got back from AMS

since you've spoken to the executive offices at US about how poorly they treat customers

 

[BuffaloJoe]

What would become of PHL or JFK if it happens? I can't see JFK doing all the traffic that PHL does, but PHL doesn't have the gates for T/A either.

 

[gabby]

LOL, I haven't seen this much smoke being blown around since I went to an '80's heavy metal concert.

Ya but really good while it lasted....And was that your daughter i was with?

 

[BuffaloJoe]

Ya but really good while it lasted....And was that your daughter i was with?

WHAT???????????????? Check Your Quoting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Smartest Loser]

Boy are you people dreaming....

Dougie and Co. don't care one bit about the employees of either airline...All this crap about it making sense for all parties and no layoffs of front line employees is nothing but lies.......

Fact is the end result of this merger will be somewhere around 10,000 less employees and CLT will look like PIT in the end......

I agree 100%....you trust these people..?? Shame on you.

SL

 

[RowUnderDCA]

RE gates:

I'm still not sure that this deal is really designed to be the straight ahead merger that LCC is portraying. But if it is, I can't imagine that PHL will lose much of anything because DL's JFK facilities are just crap. I think if the combined carrier can sustain the dozen+ TA destinations from PHL, the center of gravity will end up being PHL over JFK, understanding that the combined carrier will maintain a very healthy O and D market share out of all three NYC airports allowing for O and D TA markets out of JFK.

But I still think that LCC's mainline gate surrender at CLT will be double-digits.

 

[longing4piedmont]

But I still think that LCC's mainline gate surrender at CLT will be double-digits.

Actually I think they will go down to one terminal......E

 

[LCC_#1]

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More the reason ATL should not worry.

IF and thats a big IF this happens, I will make the following predecitions (that may actually bring the two together) will happen:

ATL remains largest hub

ATL remains HG

Bethune takes over as president of new Delta

Just one man's thoughts.