AIRLINE:
This is very interesting! The lesser carriers in a
struggle to survive and looking at all the options.
I'm gonna follow this one closely!
Mike Burris
Cambridge, Mass
P.S. Roger, what does ' EWROPS' mean?
re: Roger
EWROPS
--- lafrance@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hawaii angle emerges in America West talks
> The airline industry is now watching to see, not
> just whether America West Airlines and US Airways
> can reach agreement to merge, but whether they can
> do it this week, and whether such a merged airline
> spreads its wings to Hawaii.
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> ? America West Airlines
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> ? JAL in black; Kaneko-san won't be back
> ? Hawaii angle emerges in America West talks
> ? Fitch withdraw Hawaii telco ratings
> ? Visitor arrivals: smaller bump than expected
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> Talks have been confirmed but America West refused
> Monday to comment on a Wall Street Journal report
> that the parties are trying to conclude a deal
> before the America West annual shareholders meeting
> and have some hope of managing it. That meeting is
> scheduled for Tuesday of next week.
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> The WSJ story, attributed to sources, also said that
> the two airlines are talking about expanding to
> Hawaii. Neither carrier currently does.
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> US Airways, currently struggling through its second
> Chapter 11 bankruptcy, has a route network
> concentrated east of the Mississippi and serves a
> number of smaller U.S. East markets. It is one of
> the dominant carriers in Philadelphia, Baltimore,
> Washington, D.C., and Pittsburgh and accounts for
> four out of five flights at Charlotte, N.C. Not only
> does US Airways not currently fly to Hawaii, but it
> has an extensive network of flights to rival tourism
> destinations in the Caribbean.
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> America West currently funnels passengers to Hawaii
> through a code-share alliance with Hawaiian
> Airlines, interchanging passengers at both of its
> hubs, Phoenix and Las Vegas. Hawaiian is America
> West's next-door neighbor at a terminal dominated by
> America West flights at the Phoenix SkyHarbor.
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> The only discount carrier larger than America West,
> Southwest Airlines, has a similar alliance with ATA
> Airlines and hands off passengers to ATA at Phoenix
> and on the West Coast. The head of Southwest
> recently told the Indianapolis Star that the
> alliance was generating more business than expected
> and said Southwest was selling 1,000 tickets a day
> for travel that ends on ATA.
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> All of the five largest U.S. airlines, American,
> Delta, United, Continental and Northwest, fly to
> Hawaii. Others connecting Hawaii with the North
> American mainland are Hawaiian, Aloha, ATA, North
> American and Air Canada.
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> Roger
> EWROPS
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