Michael My WAG = Newark Operations Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael A. Burris" <yyz_02140@xxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 7:10 PM Subject: Re: Hawaii angle emerges in America West talks > 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. >> >> >> >> >> Recent Company News >> ? America West Airlines >> ? ATA Airlines >> ? Hawaiian Airlines >> ? Southwest Airlines >> ? US Airways >> Latest News >> ? 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 >> ? New jobless claims hold near 1,000 >> More >> ? Companies in the News >> ? People in the News >> >> >> >> >> >> 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. >> >> The WSJ story, attributed to sources, also said that >> the two airlines are talking about expanding to >> Hawaii. Neither carrier currently does. >> >> 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. >> >> 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. >> >> 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. >> >> 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. >> >> >> Roger >> EWROPS >>