Articles tagged “us airways”

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

The new American Airlines may have a lot more work in store for women-owned and other businesses because it would seem almost a natural step for US Airways to want its legacy to be part of the new design. Then the work would have to start all over.

Investors who bet on a big long shot, a bankrupt American Airlines, are making out very nicely for now. Is the airline a solid investment going forward? That is a whole different story.

Looks like this merger is just about a fait accompli, pending the approval of the federal court in Washington, D.C., and American emerging from bankruptcy. Then the fun really begins.

The new American Airlines is chomping at the bit to get this merger moving.

Greedy, greedy, greedy. Keeping the bidding to low-cost carriers would indeed inject some competition into airports where it is at times sorely lacking, as well as protect consumers that the U.S. Justice Department said it was looking out for in the American/US Air lawsuit.

Parker and Horton didn't get everything that they wanted from the DOJ, but they still will end up with the largest airline on the planet. Not a bad position to be in.