JetBlue CEO sees benefit in big-airline mergers
Dave Barger thinks the carrier will gain customers because of the service lapses that tend to accompany colossal tie-ups in the industry.
July 26, 2010|Julie Johnsson
JetBlue Airways Corp. is the kind of well-run niche airline that is supposed to get wiped out by the deal-making frenzy involving large network carriers such as United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc.
Instead, JetBlue Chief Executive Dave Barger, 52, is on the prowl for opportunities to expand his low-cost carrier amid the market tumult.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/26/business/la-fi-jetblue-20100726
He is thinking of buy B787 to expand throughout the Americas.