My recollection of Mr. Neelman's departure from Westjet was not exactly harmonious - I seem to recall that he and Mr. Beddoe did not see eye to eye on the subject of the low cost carrier model etc., plus a few internal issues. I guess it's good to see that they have "renewed" their relationship - it is the customers who will benefit from that relationship in the immediate future - long term, who knows? It will be interesting to see how/if Air Canada, Air Transat, HMY etc., responds. IMO,., they have NO choice but to match or beat 'em on domestic routes, in order to maintain market share. Liam. YVR. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Mueller" <dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 3:15 PM Subject: Re: jetBlue's New Deal > On Wednesday, July 9, 2003, at 04:52 AM, Alireza Alivandivafa wrote: > > > Looks like > > Neelman's connections and nice guy image paid off here. > > Probably worth noting that Neelman helped get WestJet going, after he > left Southwest following the Morris Air buyout. > > -- > David Mueller / HNL > dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx > http://www.quanterium.com > > *** Read the Airline List FAQ at http://airlinefaq.tripod.com ***