In a message dated 8/10/2003 10:42:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: << 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. >> Then what is the regional US is setting up?