Articles tagged “aa-us air merger”

Dallas Clears Virgin America to Take Over American Air’s Love Field Gates

Skift

Virgin and Delta have a fifth of the available gates at Love Field, while Southwest retains everything else. It's interesting when Delta is the little guy.

Virgin America Wins Rights to 8 Remaing Slots at Reagan National

Reuters

Will Virgin use this as an opportunity to expand to somewhere new? Perhaps even one of the flyover states?

Southwest Tops JetBlue for Washington, D.C. Flying Rights

Mary Schlangenstein, Bloomberg

If lowering fares was a key goal of the Justice Department, then the win by Southwest should be seen as a big success.

American Airlines Beats Estimates in Q4, Even With a $2 Billion Loss

David Koenig, Associated Press

Many people may be uncomfortable with the sight of a $2 billion loss, but beating the estimates has helped American have a strong response already from the stock market today.

Flight Attendants at American and US Air Could Have Joint Contract in 2016

Associated Press

American's new CEO Doug Parker learned the hard way with his last merger that separate contracts make nobody happy, and he's used that knowledge to make smart labor decisions during the courting and merger process of the two airlines.

The New American Airlines Begins Its Future by Ringing NASDAQ’s Opening Bell

Jason Clampet, Skift

The Pitfalls American Airlines’ New Leaders Avoided Along the Way to Merging

Mary Schlangenstein, Bloomberg

Interview: How American Air’s New CEO Will Make This Merger Work

David Koenig, Associated Press

The interview alludes to the fact that AA's main challengers in its next chapter will not be Delta and United but gulf carriers.

6 Quick Facts to Know About the New American Airlines

Denise Roland, The Daily Telegraph

Fact #7: AA would prefer that an early winter storm wouldn't have trapped so many flyers and employees in its Dallas hub over the weekend.

American Airlines and US Airways Close on Merger, Creating World’s Largest Airline

Dennis Schaal, Skift

The merger of US Airways and American Airlines is now a done deal. That was easy. Now comes the hard part.

American Airlines CEO Tom Horton Sends Thank You Note to Employees

Samantha Shankman, Skift

Tom Horton may be losing reigns of the world's largest airline, but he's walking away with the knowledge that he helped seal an industry-shaking deal and that a plump severance package awaits.

The New American Airlines Will Sell New York LaGuardia Slots to Southwest and Virgin

Reuters

Still up for grabs are the slots in Washington, D.C., which will likely go for even more money.