The frenzy around airline mergers has returned. This time we think it might land not far from home.
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The frenzy around airline mergers has returned. This time we think it might land not far from home.
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Alaska and southwest is next in my opinion. Same type of aircraft operated.
I would actual love to see All 3 airlines merge, Frontier,Jetblue and Spirit.
Then allow Alaska, Hawaii and Southwest to merge, keeping the Alaska name.
With All the shortage of pilot’s, employees and aircraft something has to give and fast.
This will create a olive branch and Refresh to this ohhh so stale and obsoleted industry.
I want to see new blood amd forward thinking CEO’s revitalize the airline industry with offerings customers want and ate willing to pay for.
I’ve worked in the airline industry for over 20 years and there is no time like the present to infuse the industry with rebranding and restructuring for the future.
I think it would make sense for Delta to purchase Hawaiian.
Delta could use the reach into Asia and the South Pacific.
Additionally, Delta is the largest operator of the Boeing 717.
Good points all, hopefully it would improve Hawaiian’s recent move to the West Terminal, to sharing Delta Gate’s, as is done with Jet Blue and Hawaiian in many Airport’s. The biggest downside would be Delta’s Program, grabbing Upgrades to the Best First Class experience from the Mainland to Hawaii. Thankfully, my days of using LAX are long gone after 30 years of Weekly travel, as long as Sky Harbor maintains it’s Non-Stops on Hawaiian, we remain happy camper’s, though I’d prefer they be in the Goldwater Terminal 4.
I don’t think Jet Blue or anyone would really want to of acquire Hawaiian. Unless they have clear intentions of wanting to expand to the Asia pacific market internationally to use Hawaii as a hub.
Good point Shawn….any airline buying Hawaiian and then eliminating the Hawaiian identity pretty much throws out what makes Hawaiian the superior airline serving Hawaii. To buy them you would have to pay for the Hawaiian name and then not use it?
It would be like buying the Royal Hawaiian hotel and then making it a Holiday Inn.
Is there some source here, or mere speculation and conjecture? This seems like the latter. If you have a source for this, please elaborate.
Hi Diana.
There’s nothing more we’re at liberty to say.
Aloha.
Hope not! I love feeling the aloha spirit as I board my flight. Keep Hawaiian, Hawaiian!
Keep Hawaiian, Hawaiian. I love the Spirit of Aloha that one gets when they fly Hawaiian Airlines. I would not have an issue with say Alaska Air Group acquiring Hawaiian but keep the two brands separate and operate under the same umbrella Corporation. It would really be a shame to see Hawaiian acquired and absorbed into any other company and lose their identity.
I think the solution here is for Hawaiian to look at acquiring one of the mainland puddle jumpers. Fly HNL-LAS, and then connect to a Cessna to Santa Fe, Reno, Salt Lake. Repeat this a few more times around the country and you have a nice network. Add in a base where one of the larger airlines abandoned due to consolidation (CVG, STL, MEM) and you can have a few routes on larger aircraft for getting around the mainland and connect to you puddle jumper from there. (BNA-STL-LAX or (MSY-STL-HNL).
I’m pretty sick of the corporate ‘monopoly mentality’. These companies kill competition, leaving consumers with no choice but to pay whatever the corporation demands, usually getting poorer and poorer services. The corporation then jacks their price to please board members. Consumers just keep losing.
I really hope that Hawaiian Airlines remains just that, Hawaiian Airlines. They are the only airline I’ll fly when I go to Hawaii. Hawaiian is the only airline flying widebody aircraft nonstop from Las Vegas. The flight crew make you feel like you’re in Hawaii from the minute you step onboard.
I sure hope JetBlue doesn’t buy Hawaiian Airlines, they will ruin that great brand.
The first time I did *not* fly Hawaiian Airlines, I was like “Where the heck is my Mai Tai?” 😂
It is a nice touch…
It sounds like Delta Air Lines has been positioning to do just that.
They are the best financially. Should be fun.
Any mainland airline buying HA means the end of the only truly “Hawaiian Style” service to the State. Crewing inter island with mainland based crews, cutting back on service because the bean counters don’t have a clue about Hawaii other then just another far off destination, the loss of jobs and staffing by people with no sense of Aloha. As someone else noted, it would be replacing flower Leis with plastic Leis. It would have more ramifications on what makes Hawaii special then many realize.
My son is a pilot on another airline and I could fly free to Hawaii… I love Hawaiian Airlines so much that I purchase my round trip ticket with Hawaiian every year! That says a lot about their service… from ticket purchase to deplaning at my destination.
Sadly a post COVID environment has created a vacuum for qualified pilots. It is now a game of musical chairs for airlines with strong balance sheets to acquire smaller competitors purely for the pilot group! Simply put, it’s a supply and demand issue.
I remember flying Hawaiian for the first time when they initiated flights to the mainland. It was like a breath of fresh air compared to the other carriers. We felt like we were already in Hawaii as soon as we got on the plane. Let’s hope the merger never happens!
Aloha BOH Chris Elliott has some interesting comments. usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2022/04/08/jetblue-spirit-merger-airlines-customer-complaints/9511002002/