I wasn't denying WN as being one of the big boys Republic was formed by the merger of North Central and Southern. A few years later, it took over Hughes Airwest. Eventually, Republic was bought by NW. Allegheny became USAir a few years after the merger with Piedmont. David R http://home.attbi.com/~damiross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 22:37 Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] SF Gate: No-frills, low-cost airlines are fast gaining ground/'Regular' a... > In a message dated 8/10/2003 10:29:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > << 1. "Legacy" is a stupid word to use with airlines. Call them the major 6, > the big boys, anything but legacy. But, the article is from the SF Kronicle > so what do you expect? > > Again, I think WN qualifies as a "Big boy" > > 2. US Airways is one of the oldest airlines in the United States. No > merger formed it. It started out as All American Aviation (or Airways) as a > mail carrier. It changed it's name to Allegheny Airways. Then, the name was > changed to USAir and finally US Airways. It did have some mergers along the > way (Lake Central, Piedmont, PSA) but at no time was the name changed > because of a merger. >> > > Wasn't it Allegheney and Republic? >