More competition in MIA?

[RJcasualty]

It's a shame greedy--- depending on your viewpoint--- entrepreneurs wont let hollowed legacy names rest in peace. This version of EAL will start up soon in MIA with a 319. Initially they'll do charters with scheduled service later on. Will capacity discipline with higher fares and fees open the door for a new wave of start-ups armed with new planes, cheap crews, cheaper outsourcing and cheapest fares?  While only a gnat for the moment, there's the potential it could cause problems down the road. Creative destruction is on the move. Their website is actually pretty cool. Here's the cast of characters--- the Wegel bio being the most interesting:  http://easternairlines.aero/team.html   

 

[RJcasualty]

 

 

[boston]

This EAL will be a charter operator. 

 

[boston]

It's a shame greedy--- depending on your viewpoint--- entrepreneurs wont let hollowed legacy names rest in peace. This version of EAL will start up soon in MIA with a 319. Initially they'll do charters with bigger plans later. Will capacity discipline with higher fares and fees open the door for a new wave of start-ups armed with new planes, cheap crews, cheaper outsourcing and cheapest fares?  While only a gnat for the moment, there's the potential it could cause problems down the road. Creative destruction is on the move. Their website is actually pretty cool. Here's the cast of characters:  http://easternairlines.aero/team.html   

Lots of ex EAL employees that work for AA still see them as the be all end all even after 20 something years, so they may apply for employment, and it could be a very good thing. As we say "you know so in so,from eastern" Never a reference that that person has worked for AA for 25 years. At eastern, at Eastern ,at eastern. A/C in pristine condition, on and on. 

 

[eolesen]

Let anyone who wants to go to the new Eastern go...

Ed Wegel's been trying to get this launched since 2008. Unless they've somehow bought someone else's 121 certificate, I don't see this getting off the ground any sooner than 2018, by which time the current group of investors will have lost interest and moved on to other ventures.

 

[FWAAA]

I'd be more worried about the low-wage airlines that are already flying, like jetBlue, Virgin America and Spirit, before I'd get hot and bothered about someone's paper airline.    B6 and NK already fly some Latin American routes in competition with AA, although none to deep South America.    The huge 18 cent/mile yield that AA has been getting in the Latin America region no doubt will attract more competition like ants to a picnic.   
 
There's been talk of resurrecting PeoplExpress as well, but I doubt it gets off the ground, and if it does, I doubt it gets as big as the previous version.   

 

[MetalMover]

Can anyone say the New Eastern (post strike?), How about the New PanAM?  Can anyone say KIWI Airlines?
Beginning a new startup carrier is one thing, but trying to resurrect a once great carrier which failed miserably is another thing.

 

[700UW]

New Braniff, New Midway, they all failed.

 

[eolesen]

Thank God that Pan Am sold their name to a railroad... it's kept the name from being brought up anywhere else except perhaps for TV and movies..

 

[AdAstraPerAspera]

From the website:
 

Eastern Air Lines was one of the "Big Four" airlines (along with United, Delta and American that dominated the passenger airline business in the United States for nearly 50 years.

 
Well that's not exactly true, is it? the "Big Four" trunk carriers were Eastern, American, United and TWA, not Delta. Delta didn't get big until the 1980s