As you have probably found out by now, Republic has announced a massive order to purchase 40 CS300 aircraft (formerly know as the C-130, good idea to change the name!) plus 40 more options.
You know the details, if not head on over to aviation-buzz who has a pretty good overview.
I was planning on writing a wonderful post glowing about the future of Republic. Today, the future looks much less bright.
A little back story for those who don’t know. This past June, Republic Air Holdings (an airline holding company which owned three regional carriers) had provided various forms of financing to Midwest Airlines and (bankrupt)Frontier Airlines. Within the span of a 24 hours, Republic announced its intentions to purchase Frontier and that it would buy Midwest for practically nothing. After fighting off a competing bid from Southwest for Frontier, Republic completed it’s acquisitions of both airlines.
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