Yes, UA also did wanted to buy up US too to strengthen their East Coast ops - this was seen as more of a Wolf-effect move. AmWest sure seems to have absorbed the slack left void after National Airlines bellied up.... RT Simpson <BraniffIntl@xxxxxxx> wrote: Yes indeedy...the mighty have fallen. But just as nature abhors a vacuum, the airline industry always seems to take up the slack when someone goes out. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.