Posted in Evan's News and Quick Takes, tagged business, continental, regulation, us airways on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TEMPE — US Airways’ media day program is about to begin, but I wanted to share this non-US related interview by Loren Steffy from the Houston Chronicle:
Larry Kellner served me a cup of coffee with the aplomb of a veteran flight attendant, and then, a few moments later, served up a stunning comment about the [...]
Posted in Evan's Fiskings, tagged competition, congress, continental, delta, Merger Mania 2008, mergers, northwest, regulation, united on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In a BusinessWeek op-ed, House Transportation Committee chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn.) has come out firmly against airline mergers involving the big six.
Yet this latest round of rumored mergers, which includes a United-Continental scenario, as well as a Delta-Northwest combination, is significant. It would mean further consolidation in the airline industry, further reductions in choice for [...]
Posted in Evan's Commentary, tagged competition, continental, Merger Mania 2008, mergers, regulation, travel, united on February 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As part of Merger Mania 2008, United and Continental are now in talks to merge. United has been eager to merge with someone — anyone — for a few years now, but Continental has been reluctant to do so, preferring to remain profitably independent and well-managed unless industry-wide consolidation forces its hand. There are any [...]
Pension protection debate holds up FAA bill
Posted in Evan's Commentary, tagged american, congress, continental, delta, faa, labor, network airlines, northwest on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The House’s version of the FAA reauthorization bill has been on the Senate floor for the past few weeks, but it’s currently stalled (although scheduled for a cloture vote today, May 6, which if passed would move it forward for consideration by the full Senate without more amendments or if lost would hold up the [...]
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