Somebody got their dates wrong. April 1st is still a month away. Mike Gammon > > From: Mark <mgreenwood@telus.net> > Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:17:03 -0800 > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: Re: UNITED TO FORM 307 LOW-FARE AIRLINES > > 307? Are they insane? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bryant Petitt" <skyshirts@yahoo.com> > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 5:04 AM > Subject: UNITED TO FORM 307 LOW-FARE AIRLINES > > > > (from Joe Brancatelli today) > > > > Bankrupt United Airlines says its will dismantle the > > existing carrier and launch 307 separate low-fare > > airlines in its place. > > > > In a business plan filed with the bankruptcy court on > > Wednesday, United envisions dividing the assets and > > employees of the nation's second-largest airline among > > the 307 start-ups, each of which will serve a separate > > geographic area. United's Latin American service, for > > example, will become a new carrier called Macarena. > > United's current European operations will be spun off > > into a new airline called Waltz. On the highly > > competitive North Atlantic routes to London, United > > will create a low-fare carrier called Skiffle. > > > > Domestically, United plans to launch at least 245 new > > airlines. Service from its Denver hub will be > > organized into a new airline called Rocky Mountain > > High. Flights to major urban areas such as New York, > > Chicago and Los Angeles will be organized into an > > airline called Doowop. A new carrier built around > > United's hub at Washington/Dulles will be called > > Sousa. > > > > "I've been looking out the window of my > > company-funded, $18,000-a-month condo on North > > Michigan Avenue and I see the problem clearly," > > explained Glenn Tilton, United's new chief executive. > > "United is out of touch with the young, hip travelers > > of today. We need to get rockin'." > > > > Speaking at a press conference where he introduced > > Grammy winner Jimmy Sturr as the chief executive of > > Polka, United's new low-fare operation for Ohio, > > Pennsylvania and upstate New York, Tilton rejected > > criticism that the plan was out of touch with > > operational realities and current musical tastes. > > > > "I haven't been in this business almost 180 days > > without learning some hard lessons," he said. "I > > checked this out with my new homey [Delta chairman] > > Leo Mullin and consulted those gear guys over at > > McKinsey. We all agree that this is the kind of > > think-tank palaver that customers want." > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > >