American, US Airways Make the $11 Billion Merger Official
Capping an era of consolidation in the troubled airline industry, the boards of American Airlines and US Airways agreed to a merger late Wednesday, an $11 billion deal that would create the world's biggest airline with the most passenger seats.Haq, Husna...
On Friday, the US Airways pilots union is scheduled to release the results of a vote to approve or reject a memorandum of understanding with the carriers. Like the agreements signed by American's three major unions, it would outline details such as pay and seniority integration in a merger. ...
While it is too early to gauge the full impact of the proposed merger, many airports that rely on bankrupt US Airways--the larger and more established of the two carriers--have been dealing with uncertainty for some time and have developed contingency plans to handle potential reductions or ...
Lakefield continued: “We believe that the airline created from the merger of US Airways and America West will bring more choices for customers, as we expand the low-fare pricing structure of America West to dozens of new cities, while also offering passenger-service amenities, such as an ...
if the merger is approved. Both the existing American Airlines and US Airways currently charge additional costs for these amenities, so don’t expect to see them going away anytime soon. In fact, the government cited fears over airlines increasing fees further as a strike against the mer...
American, US Airways boards approve merger: sourcedoi:urn:uuid:8b8c3206e07dc310VgnVCM100000d7c1a8c0RCRDThe boards of AMR Corp and US Airways Group separately met on Wednesday and approved a merger agreement, a person familiar with the matter said....
Full story:APA president: We’re probably 24 to 30 months away from combining pilot seniority lists of American Airlines, US Airways Posted: February 27, 1:40pm Executives fromAmerican AirlinesandUS Airwayson Tuesday answered questions from lawmakers about their planned merger. Many of the question...
US Airways Group Inc. (LCC) is studying a potential merger with bankrupt AMR Corp. (AAMRQ) that would fix a weak domestic route system at American Airlines and boost revenue, two people familiar with the matter said. President Scott Kirby is leading US Airways’ analysis of how to combine ...