Piecing Together The Us Airways Puzzle

[USA320Pilot]

Do not be surprised if Wexford Capital becomes a US Airways equity investor, similar in scope to Air Wisconsin. Wexford Capital operates Republic and Chatauqua Airlines. In addition, Chatauqua could operate EMB-170/190s for US Airways Express as part of the agreement.

Meanwhile, I understand that Chatauqua chief executive officer Brian Bedford is a candidate to become US Airways’ next chief executive officer.

Regards,

USA320Pilot

 

[funguy2]

Yeah... in one sense, the AirWis deal will force all US Airways Express operators to invest in US Airways... or face losing their Express contract. I would also expect to see Mesa/Orenstein come into play at some point... Mesa and Chautauqua have too many aircraft at US Airways and very limited (if any) ability to place those aircraft with other carriers.

 

[WorldTraveler]

all of the equity investment in the world will not make US survive if US' underlying finances are not stabilized. With US' two remaining hubs about ready to get hammered by LCCs along with significant LCC growth in the largest and formerly most profitable, the picture is not bright. The wounds are just too tempting to the sharks circling in the water.

I hate to bring you folks back to reality but you just can't LIVE at 30,000 feet. Come down and breathe some fresh air.

 

[700UW]

Remember Mesa took a bath on US' Stock in the first bankruptcy.

 

[USA320Pilot]

US Airways' target Transformation Plan CASM, including fuel (although energy prices are very volatile and difficult to predict), is lower than Southwest and AirTran, but higher than jetBlue.

Regards,

USA320Pilot

 

[diogenes]

Leaving CCy in charge of the 'new entity' would doom it to failure.

For evidence of that, look no further than U.

 

[700UW]

There is no way US will lower their CASM will drop that much and be lower then WN, provide us with facts and not what Dr Bonehead has said in the press.

 

[mweiss]

The entire world knows who United Airlines is.. US Airways who?

To be fair, the entire world knew who PanAm and TWA were, too. Those names became history, and "replaced" by American and United. The entire world could get over having to learn a new name again.

Having said that, I'm inclined to agree with Rico here. History suggests that ailing airlines are better digested by other carriers when broken into separate assets than as a complete entity.

 

[nycbusdriver]

"replaced" by American and United.

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More precisely, Delta and American.

 

[ClueByFour]

US Airways' target Transformation Plan CASM, including fuel (although energy prices are very volatile and difficult to predict), is lower than Southwest and AirTran, but higher than jetBlue.

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What were the "target" CASM and RASM numbers after BK1?

Targets only work when you hit them. CCY is 0 for 2 thus far.

 

[whlinder]

US Airways' target Transformation Plan CASM, including fuel (although energy prices are very volatile and difficult to predict), is lower than Southwest and AirTran, but higher than jetBlue.

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We've asked you a billion times, yet you haven't said a thing... please tell us HOW.

 

[Rico]

Having said that, I'm inclined to agree with Rico here. History suggests that ailing airlines are better digested by other carriers when broken into separate assets than as a complete entity.

Remember that for a deal to be made, it has to be something someone would want to invest into.

And that being the case, fragmentation and asset transfer becomes a much more likely senario rather than trying to make something plausible from the full combination )good and bad) of both carriers.

 

[WorldTraveler]

Asset transfers/acquisitions at this point probably make more sense for an airline acquiring US while a larger scale acquisition makes more sense for United. The individual pieces are not producing the synergies needed to make US work any longer but UA still works fairly well from a revenue perspective as a whole given that more of UA's assets and network could be considered high value or restricted access in contrast with US. UA could fall further but it is more likely that they would cease operating the least valuable assets and continue to operate the most valuable pieces which would only increase UA's relative value.

 

[Light Years]

Do not be surprised if Wexford Capital becomes a US Airways equity investor, similar in scope to Air Wisconsin. Wexford Capital operates Republic and Chatauqua Airlines. In addition, Chatauqua could operate EMB-170/190s for US Airways Express as part of the agreement.

Meanwhile, I understand that Chatauqua chief executive officer Brian Bedford is a candidate to become US Airways’ next chief executive officer.

Regards,

USA320Pilot

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Wexford also runs Shuttle America... now there's quality. :unsure:

So let's say US is 25% owned by AirWis, 25% Mesa, 25% Air Paducah, whatever... how on earth would there be any sort of direction agreed upon when they would all just be competing with each other for the best interests of thier own rinky regional jets?

I actually hope US Airways ends up as part of a larger network, as long as the employees don't get screwed. They are such great airline professionals, and it sucks that they are left with the hokey low rent regional airline carcass US is today. They deserve better.

 

[mweiss]

More precisely, Delta and American.

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And UA, too...including the Pacific. I should probably have included Delta, but they don't seem to have built the brand outside the US the way that UA and AA did when they picked up the international routes of PA and TW.