Ua hoʻolālā ʻo Midwest Airlines i kahi hanana no 13 ʻApelila a ia manawa e hoʻokuʻu ai i nā kikoʻī e pili ana i ka hui ʻana o ka mea lawe mokulele ʻo Oak Creek me Frontier Airlines o Denver.
Ua kūʻai aku ʻo Republic Airways Holdings Inc. i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Indianapolis ma Midwest a me Frontier i nāʻaelike like ʻole i ka makahiki i hala. I nā mahina i hala iho nei, ua loiloi ʻo Repubalika pehea e hoʻohui ai i nā mana o Midwest a me Frontier.
ʻElua mau pule i hala aku nei, ua haʻi aku ka pelekikena hope o Republic Airways o ke kūʻai aku ʻana a me ka hōʻailona ʻana iā The Denver Business Journal, kahi kaikuahine i paʻi ʻia, e koho ana ʻo Repubalika iā Frontier a i ʻole Midwest ka inoa. ʻAʻole noonoo ʻia nā koho ʻē aʻe.
Ua kono ʻia kahi leka uila i hoʻouna ʻia e Midwest ma ka Pōʻalima e noi i nā mea e hele i kahi hanana ma ka hale mālama ʻo Midwest Airlines ma General Mitchell International Airport ma Milwaukee ʻoiai "lilo ʻelua mau mokulele i hoʻokahi."
Mālama ʻia nā hanana like ma Denver a me Indianapolis, kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ʻo Republic Airways, akā e hoʻolaha ana ka luna nui o ka Repubalika ʻo Bryan Bedford mai Milwaukee, e like me kahi hōʻike mai ka Denver Post. E ʻākoakoa nā limahana o Frontier a me nā media ma Denver i kahi lumi i Coors Field e ʻike i ka hanana Milwaukee e ola nei ma o ka pilina intranet.
Ua hōʻole ʻo Jim Reichart wahaʻolelo Midwest e hāʻawi i nā kikoʻī kikoʻī e pili ana i nā mea e hōʻike ʻia i ka hanana.
