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Delta Ends Contract with Pinnacle: What's the Impact on Regional Carriers?

The above comments are right on the mark. In addition, the Mesa injunction is not an end all, it just delays the termination of the contract until the court hearing, when the issue will be decided. Not a save for Mesa at all.

Airline Deregulation: Now Do It for Real

And SWA never gets slapped on the wrist when they engage in predatory pricing. Let the old line carriers match fares exactly across the board with a new entrant, and see what happens.

Airline Deregulation: Now Do It for Real

You are right, there is too little deregulation. In other words, let airlines fail, not hang around forever in a bankrupt status, and undercut other better run airlines, which still have to pay their bills, and thus forcing the well run airlines into financial distress. Quit subsidizing new entrant airlines because of perceived cheaper fares, quit giving away slots and traffic developed by older airlines, to new entrants. How many communities have given grants to airlines to enter their markets, ignoring carriers who have been there, invested there, have local citizens working there. Take the handcuffs off, and let all compete freely.