USAirways wants/needs money.
USAirways has slots at LGA and 190s.
Delta wants the USAir slots and terminal at LGA.
RAH ownes the USAirways gates at that LGA.
RAH wants 190s for Midwest.
USAirways has 190s.
Circle J?
Republic completes Midwest Airlines acquisition
By
Tom Daykin of the Journal Sentinel
Posted: July 31, 2009
Oak Creek-based Midwest Airlines Inc. now has a new owner: Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings Inc. completed its $31 million purchase of Midwest on Friday, Republic spokesman Carlo Bertolini said.
Midwest, which began regularly scheduled passenger flights in 1984, will continue to operate under that name. But it's now a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic, which is best known for operating commuter flights for Delta Air Lines Inc., United Airlines and other major carriers.
With the sale, Midwest Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Timothy Hoeksema, who helped start the airline, retires. Republic CEO Bryan Bedford is the new boss.
There also will be a change in aircraft, with Midwest dropping its
nine 99-seat Boeing 717 jets, to be replaced by nine 99-seat Embraer 190 jets. Under Republic's ownership, Midwest's fleet will include a dozen 76-seat Embraer 170 aircraft, and 12 regional jets with 37 to 50 seats.
Midwest's union pilots and flight attendants are
negotiating with their union counterparts at Republic about merging the seniority lists of those flight crews. Bedford has said most of Midwest 1,618 employees, including those working at the Oak Creek headquarters, can expect to keep their jobs. But some job cuts are expected among administrative and back-office employees.
Still, Bedford says Republic plans to
expand Midwest's service, which should bring job growth for the airline.
Now where could those planes be coming from....?
"Things that make you go Hmmm...."