A Comment About

Airline Mergers and the High Cost of Flying

April 17, 2008 - 12:00 am - by Tom Blumer
Jon
2008-04-17 08:14:04

Amen. We have the same situation in MN with Northworst, which controls 85% of the gates. The politicians tell us we benefit from Northworst because we get lots of direct flights as a hub, but what is really going on is that Northworst has a lot of political clout here because its headquarters and most of its employees are here. Let Northworst or the combined airline pull its hub. Other carriers will jump at the empty gates.