Durango Wheel Club

Something doesn’t quite compute here.
The president of the “new” Delta (new and huge, since its merger with Northwest) says, yes, it will keep all seven of its hubs — Detroit, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York JFK and Salt Lake City.
And the Detroit Free Press goes on to quote Ed Bastian as saying, “We’ve [...]

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Here are the immediate effects of that $2.6 billion Delta/Northwest merger and how it is going to affect you right now: [blank space]. Get it?
In other words, it’s not going to affect you – not at the moment, anyway. It’s going to take as long as two years for the two carriers to completely merge [...]

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This could be huge.
British Airways and the Madrid-based airline Iberia are in talks about a possible merger, which would create Europe’s largest carrier.
Like most mergers lately, the thought behind this one is to save costs.
And there’s a U.S. element to this story, as well: British Airways has also been in talks with American Airlines about [...]

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Some interesting thoughts from Geoff Dixon, the boss at Australia’s Qantas Airways.
He said all the usual things, that higher fuel prices would mean big changes in the airline industry — but what really caught my eye was his take on talks between the U.S. and the European Union that could end American rules barring foreign [...]

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Yesterday, in my weekly column for ABCNews.com, I wrote about the top five things that are good about mergers. It was pretty straightforward, but in some cases, my tongue was firmly lodged in cheek.
But it got me to thinking. And thinking.
So I came up with a brand NEW list that, shall we say, covers the [...]

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Yes, that’s one of my Top Five Silver Linings when it comes to airline mergers; please click here for the entire column (and I’ll explain about those jerks).
In case you’re new here, I do a weekly column for ABCNews.com; it appears each Wednesday morning.

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Interesting article in the New York Times today about Southwest and mergers.
Southwest, it seems, is quite enthusiastic about mergers — for other airlines. Southwest’s CEO says, they’re doing fine on their own, thanks, but if others want to merge (especially United and US Airways) why, they’d be happy to start seizing some of the new [...]

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The demise of the “imminent” merger of Continental and United this weekend had me pondering the ramifications of the next widely reported merger: United and US Airways.
I thought it would be interesting to check out our flight schedule database and do some quick analysis on these candidates to see what sort of trouble might be [...]

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Questions, questions: How will the happy couple’s trip down the aisle shape air travel to come? I answered that in my latest column for ABCNews.com. Here’s a preview:
“No, I didn’t get all sentimental at the news of the forthcoming ‘wedding’ between Delta and Northwest, but I do wish them the very best.”
“That said, let’s get [...]

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Update: If you missed me on CNN, you can check out the video here.
I’m on CNN again today (12:10 EDT), talking about the Delta/Northwest merger.
One of the things I want to do is allay some fears about what this will mean to individual passengers.
I can say this: if you have tickets, don’t worry about it [...]

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