Articles tagged “us airways”

The merger quickly gained approval from creditors, shareholders, and the EU before encountering this potential game changer. The filing could mean serious trouble for the airlines, especially since the U.S. government approved previous aviation tie-ups.

Officials from American Airlines and US Airways may have blundered big-time when they publicly stated that their respective airlines could indeed operate independently. This deal looked so bad from an anti-competition perspective that even the attorneys general from Texas and Arizona, where AA and US Air are headquartered, respectively, joined the suit.

Now, if US Airways would pay a little more attention to their relatively low-paying passengers in coach, that would be something.

It isn't unusual for state attorneys general to get involved in antitrust probes, and the fact that this one is being led by the State of Texas, where American Airlines is headquartered, should be a tip-off as to where this investigation is headed.

Parker basically promised the unions that US Airways would be running the show at the new American, and he's delivering on that promise.

Can JetBlue succeed on its Boston-Philadelphia route where other airlines have failed in competing against US Airways? Philadelphia is a US Airways hub, and that will make it tough-going for JetBlue.

ChoiceSeats enables US Airways to fill more planes (with ancillary fees), and it is a humongous and growing revenue source for the airline.

If US Airways had prevailed, its employee would have essentially served as the airline's collection agent, the Supreme Court ruled.

Rant or not, the new American Airlines will likely have to give some ground on its DCA slot-pair dominance.

Perhaps Doug Parker will give American Airlines' new livery a touch-up. But, the whole thing will apparently be on the table.