Continental and United are planning to merge. This could be ugly for regionals.
The following regionals fly for Continental:
Expressjet (the largest)
Colgan
Gulfstream International
CommutAir
Cape Air
The following regionals fly for United:
Skywest (the largest)
Expressjet
ASA
Republic
GoJet
Mesa
Trans-States
Colgan
That’s a lot of regionals. United has far more regionals than Continental. Once they merge there could be a shake down and whipshawing. I also suspect bases/domiciles to be closed/adjusted (up or down). When Delta and Northwest merged regionals were moved around quite a bit. Continental and United don’t have major bases close to each other…well Cleveland and Chicago. Hmmm…it will be interesting.
May 3rd, 2010 → 8:49 am @ Geek Pilot