AirwAr
Senior
What AA needs to do is grow a pair! I'm tired of AA being so timid with their international partners. We should stop relying on them solely to provide our lift. We did that with JAL, and look what they're doing, leaving the party with one of their strongest competitors.
We need to begin flying to Australia, HKG and China. Think about it. If QA gets into financial trouble, what makes more sense, for them to partner with AA or one of their competitors? We need to have skin in the game. I've always thought that end-to-end merges were nice, but a merger that removes one of your competitors, priceless!
Our very next move should be to find a way to pry Air China from Star. With their cross-investments in Cathay, there is a very real danger we could lose them as well.
As far as QA, if we don't start service ourselves to Australia and become a force to be dealt with, we need to invest heavily in QA.
We need to begin flying to Australia, HKG and China. Think about it. If QA gets into financial trouble, what makes more sense, for them to partner with AA or one of their competitors? We need to have skin in the game. I've always thought that end-to-end merges were nice, but a merger that removes one of your competitors, priceless!
Our very next move should be to find a way to pry Air China from Star. With their cross-investments in Cathay, there is a very real danger we could lose them as well.
As far as QA, if we don't start service ourselves to Australia and become a force to be dealt with, we need to invest heavily in QA.