U.S. government, two airlines say open to settling merger fight

[swamt]

That was the most interesting reads out here!! Especially the one commenting on USAPilot. LMAO Good job guys...

 

[im back..!!]

This is the UTC he predicted 10+ years ago.

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Sooo, your saying he is right, just off on his timing?

 

[Dog Wonder]

Kirby missed his return flight to PHX today.

 

[nycbusdriver]

Kirby missed his return flight to PHX today.

Must surely mean that there are late-night "negotiations" happening.

;-)

 

[UPNAWAY]

US Stock up over $2 in less than a week, somebody knows something??????

 

[WorldTraveler]

Airline stocks as a whole have done well over the past week due to reduced tensions in Syria, generally decent economic news here, expectations that the US/AA merger will go thru w/ some sort of settlement, and DL's return to the S&P 500.

http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=DAL+Interactive#symbol=dal;range=5d;compare=lcc+ual+luv+alk;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;

 

[WorldTraveler]

here is an article citing not only the stock upgrade but also quotes about the merger.

http://www.thestreet.com/story/12039484/1/us-airways-could-prosper-without-merger-analyst-says.html?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO

Why 50-50? Because while nearly every single person in the airline industry believes a merger is likely, "when it comes to antitrust experts, we have yet to find any that believe the airlines face anything but a steep, uphill battle, with most citing probabilities below 40%," Baker said. "We agree with the former, but we simply cannot ignore the latter, so let's call it 50-50."

 

[usa1]

here is an article citing not only the stock upgrade but also quotes about the merger.

http://www.thestreet...oo&cm_ven=YAHOO

Why 50-50? Because while nearly every single person in the airline industry believes a merger is likely, "when it comes to antitrust experts, we have yet to find any that believe the airlines face anything but a steep, uphill battle, with most citing probabilities below 40%," Baker said. "We agree with the former, but we simply cannot ignore the latter, so let's call it 50-50."

Baker and Streeter also propose an option if the airlines lose the case:​

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LCC begins the process of extracting itself from the Star Alliance in favor of OneWorld. Senior management changes occur at stand-alone AMR, satisfying labor’s desire for executive changes and assuaging investor concerns over excessive growth. AMR and LCC then pursue a high degree of domestic codesharing, with [Alaska Air (ALK)] potentially dropped as an AMR partner over time. Zero cost synergies, though LCC pilots don’t get marked to market so costs remain intact. And oh, DOJ doesn’t have jurisdiction. Call it a near-beer, synthetic merger scenario. It’s not great – not by a long shot – but it beats the two airlines sulking and retreating into separate corners, in our view.​

 

[Phoenix]

US Stock up over $2 in less than a week, somebody knows something??????

One guy read the "secret visit to DCA" post a few days ago. He tweeted it to all his friends. The price bumped $0.20 and then someone went to another board to announce the stock price rise confirms the secret visit. The snow ball gained some size over a few days.

Time to cash out, and wait a week to get back in.