History of the American Airlines and US Airways Merger in Links
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- American Airlines Communications worker Andrea Hugely takes a photo of the new American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER at Terminal D at DFW Airport in Euless, Texas, January 31, 2013.
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- American Airlines begins large regional jet flying with Embraer E-175 aircraft.
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- Scott Shankland, left, of the Allied Pilots Association, Doug Parker of U.S. Air, Tom Horner of American Airlines and Keith Wilson, also of APA, discuss the merger of the two airlines at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Thursday, February 14, 2013.
American Airlines and US Airways have just reached a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to drop its anti-trust lawsuit and permit the two airlines to merge. The merger is scheduled to happen in December. The settlement includes the divestiture of slots at major airports such as Washington-Reagan and New York-LaGaurdia.
We've covered the story closely since the first whisperings of a merger and chronicled the February 14 merger announcement on our liveblog.
The 20 most important moments, in what was hoped to be a seamless merger, are outlined below in reverse chronological order:
- AA-U.S. Airways Preparing a Settlement Proposal, Including Giving Up D.C. Slots
- Virgin America Seeks To File Brief Opposed to New American Airlines
- Southwest, JetBlue Tell Government They Want American’s and US Airways Slots
- U.S. Attorney General Says US Air and American Must Shed Airport Slots
- American Airline’s CEO Sees One Last Way to Avoid Trial Showdown With DOJ
- American and US Air Hub Airports Want To Intervene In Antitrust Case
- American Airlines Reorganization Plan Gets Formal Approval
- American Airlines and US Airways Ask DOJ Who It Consulted Pre-Lawsuit
- No Merger Worries, According to US Airways’ and American Airlines’ Shares
- Michigan Is Latest State to Join Lawsuit Against American-US Airways Merger
- U.S. Justice Dept Files Anti-Trust Lawsuit To Block American-US Airways Merger
- EU Clears Way for US Airways and American Air Merger, With Conditions
- American Airlines Creditors Voting in Favor of Reorganization Plan
- US Airways shareholders approve merger with American Airlines
- AA-US Air merger causes regulatory concern with reduced competition on 1,600 routes
- Leadership team of new American Airlines gets heavy US Airways stamp
- American files bankruptcy exit plan, as it closes on US Airways merger
- AA-US merger gets court approval, decision delayed on Horton’s $20 million package
- How Doug Parker beat out Tom Horton for CEO
- It’s officially official: American and US Airways merge to create world’s largest airline
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