Neelman's departure from Westjet was planned from the start, and very amicable. He was also quite silent. Beddoe had a strong difference of opinion with a Mr. Smith (Steve?) who is now running Zip for Robert Milton. When Morris Air was sold there was a non-compete clause that covered the US only. Canada was therefore fair game, and so Neelman helped out until his non-compete clause (which he dutifully respected) expired, and launched JetBlue with some other folks money shortly thereafter. Matthew On Wednesday, July 9, 2003, at 05:05 PM, Liam Tully wrote: > 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 *** >