Northwest / jet blue - Wright

[whaledriver]

JetBlue, Northwest vow to fight local compromise on Wright

link:

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/14913159.htm

 

[swflyer]

From the Dallas Morning News:

Airlines' rivals pan Love deal

 

[LGA Fleet Service]

I love this:

Robert Land, JetBlue's senior vice president for government affairs, called the local compromise a "collusive backroom deal" that "goes against the fabric of a deregulated airline industry."

"The deal, which serves the interests of two airlines in Dallas, is really against the better interest of the traveling public across the whole nation," he said.

Why should WN,AA or CO give up gates? B6 didn't have a problem scarfing up virtually every gate at LGB did they?Now when they encounter an airport where the gates are spoken for they whimper up?

B6 can go pound sand.Twenty open gates at DFW, incentives out the yin yang from the airport authority but oh no, "We have the best interest of the traveling public across the whole nation at stake, we have to fly into DAL instead."

Spare me the "Good of the people" bovine scatology... :blink:

 

[mga707]

I love this:

Robert Land, JetBlue's senior vice president for government affairs, called the local compromise a "collusive backroom deal" that "goes against the fabric of a deregulated airline industry."

...and the Wright Amendment doesn't??? Chutzpah...

 

[Busdrvr]

NWA and JB had best focus on getting their own financial house in order prior to any concerns regarding Wright.

NWA and JB have a lot of ballz. :down:

actually a schrewd business move. They are throwing a wrench in a move by two airlines to monopolize a VERY large city. what would be the reaction if UAL made an agreement with Chicago to limit the number of gates at midway and ensured that Frontier would control virtually all of them?

The rules changed. rebid the gates. If JB or NWA want's a gate at DAL, let them outbid SWA for it. sounds simple enough to me.

 

[ClueByFour]

The rules changed. rebid the gates. If JB or NWA want's a gate at DAL, let them outbid SWA for it. sounds simple enough to me.

A bidding war might not be such a hot idea--if you take that theory nationwide, the rich are going to get a lot richer (and the likes of US, UA, NW, B6, DL) are going to be in a load of trouble.

 

[Busdrvr]

A bidding war might not be such a hot idea--if you take that theory nationwide, the rich are going to get a lot richer (and the likes of US, UA, NW, B6, DL) are going to be in a load of trouble.

Don't count on it. Which US airports are capacity controlled? Of those that are, which ones are controlled by essentially one airline? I'm ALL for "bidding wars" A bidding war would have prevented loser Indy air from running RJ's to ORD from IAD while the feds were asking AMR and UAL to cut departures. Heck, it'd probably stop UAL from flying RJ's from ATL to IAD. Bidding would bring efficiency. I will give you one point though, due to gate capacity constraints at DAL, there would be a little incentive for all the other airlines to throw big money at 2 gates each in DAL just to poke a stick in SWA's eye.

 

[ELP_WN_Psgr]

there would be a little incentive for all the other airlines to throw big money at 2 gates each in DAL just to poke a stick in SWA's eye.

There would also be some incentive for the little upstart airline from Texas....with a whole lot of cash in the bank....to buy themselves an enviable position at LGA and DCA.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. If other carriers want to buy their way in to Love Field...okay fine. The principal occupant of Love Field is going to want gates and counter space and landing slots at LaGuardia and Wash National.

Sounds reasonable to me. There's got to be linkage.