Mergers/Finance
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Frontier and Spirit Really Want to Merge, but They Can’t Agree on Terms
For three years now, Frontier and Spirit have been trying to merge. Oh sure, there was that little distraction when Spirit ditched…
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Alaska Goes Global With New Asia Flying, Hear From CEO Ben Minicucci About This and So Much More
Today’s post is coming a bit earlier than normal, and that’s because Alaska has just announced a whole lot of news in…
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Alaska and Hawaiian Make Their First Network Moves to Boost Flows
The Alaska/Hawaiian merger has been a done deal for over a month, but it’s all been quiet so far. That is now…
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Cranky on the Web: Alaska/Hawaiian Getting Together, Southwest’s Struggles
With Alaska’s acquisition complete, Hawaiian Airlines’ outlook brightens – Travel WeeklyThis one was actually from last week, but it’s another look at…
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A Look Ahead at the Alaska and Hawaiian Merger
Greetings from Dallas. Today is Southwest’s investor day, and I have made the trek to join analysts and media to hear what…
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Alaska and Hawaiian Finalize the Merger After Agreeing to Largely Hollow DOT Conditions
After the US Department of Justice (DOJ) decided to let the Alaska/Hawaiian merger review period pass without saying a word, it seemed…
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Alaska and Hawaiian Await DOT’s Ruling on Merger
It’s late August, and that means it’s the time of year when news slows to a crawl in the airline world. During…
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Elliott Doesn’t Know How to Fix Southwest, Nor Does it Likely Care
The news that activist investor Elliott has taken a greater than 10 percent stake in Southwest Airlines has been the talk of…
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JetBlue and Spirit Forced to Develop Their Own Strategies After the Merger is Blocked
I’ve moved up my usual Thursday post to Wednesday instead… since there was no reason to wait to talk about what just…
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Alaska and Hawaiian Merge: A Combination I’ve Dreamed of For Years
Before Courtney Miller and I started Cranky Network Weekly, we batted around a few ideas including an analysis company we were calling…
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Norwegian Buys Widerøe, A Very Different Kind of Airline
As far as mergers go, it’s a seemingly strange one. Low-cost operator Norwegian has announced it will buy Norway’s regional airline, Widerøe.…
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A Look at DOJ’s Problematic But Not Entirely Insane Lawsuit to Stop the JetBlue/Spirit Merger
It is official. The US government does not like the JetBlue/Spirit merger one bit. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a…