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American Airlines and US Airways approve merger: just the facts, please

"All we want are the facts, ma'am!" - Sgt. Joe Friday

This thread is for factual reporting of official announcements, changes and other issues related to the AA - US merger / reverse takeover. Please contain discussion and speculation about changes, etc. to the AA - US Merger Announcement Discussion thread or the AA - US frequent flyer program speculation thread. This thread will be moderated strictly.

The respective Boards of Directors of AA/AMRQ and US/LCC met 13 Feb 2013, with approval of AMR's creditors, announced the merger (reverse takeover) of AA and US on Thursday, 14 Feb 2013.

New, combined airline, per AA and US releases, expected to close December 9, 2013:

This should be updated as necessary
American Airlines
Codes: IATA: AA / ICAO: AAL Call sign: your guess - CACTUS? It's a thorny issue...
Parent: LCC, based Ft. Worth, TX
CEO: Doug Parker; Chairman: Tom Horton (through first shareholder meeting, whereupon Doug Parker becomes Chairman; rep. to oneworld)
Governance: Board of 12 Directors, Mr. Parker and 3 US representatives, Mr. Horton and 2 American Airlines representatives, and five AMR creditor representatives.
Hubs: CLT, DCA, DFW, JFK, LAX, MIA, ORD, PHL, PHX
. . (6,700 daily flights to 336 destinations in 56 countries, maintaining all the hubs currently served by both airlines)
Alliance: oneworld
Frequent Flyer Program: AAdvantage. What will it look like? TBA
...Status Levels: unknown, perhaps 3 to conform with oneworld? TBA
Lounge program: Admirals Club? TBA

Youtube videos regarding "New American is Arriving"

Merger expected to close December 9, 2013; fully completed by: (2014 or 2015? TBA)

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Combined by merging following airlines: US Airways reverse takeover of American Airlines

(2012 figures)

American Airlines:
Began service: 1934
Codes: IATA AA / ICAO AAL Call sign: AMERICAN
Parent: AMR Corporation (AAMRQ), Ft. Worth, TX (deadline 1 April 2013 to file reorganization plan with court, 1 April for approvals)
CEO & Chairman: Tom Horton
Hubs: DFW, JFK, LAX, MIA, ORD
Alliance: Founded oneworld alliance 1999 with BA, CP, CX and QF
Frequent Flyer Program: AAdvantage, founded May 1981
...Status Levels (3): Gold (25,000 EQM or EQ Points / 30 EQS 1 c/y); Platinum (50,000 EQM or EQP / 60 EQS; Executive Platinum (100,000 EQM or EQP / 100 EQS)
Lounge program: Admirals Club and Flagship Lounge (latter premium lounge)
Other airlines taken in include TCA, TWA, Reno Air, AirCal
Link to Wikipedia American Airlines article

Highlights for 2012:
  • AMR reported loss of $1.9 Billion on revenue of $24.9 Billion
  • 86 million passengers mainline, 21.1 million regional (107.1 million total)
  • overall load factor: 81.3%
  • Approximately 250 airports, 3,500 flights per day
  • New aircraft on order include 737-800s, plus A319s (to start July 2013), A321s (3-class configuration, Nov 2013); Boeing 777-300ERs coming online, DFW-GRU Jan 31, DFW-LHR Mar 2, followed by JFK and LAX-LHR
  • Maintenance has shifted with the closure of the Alliance base in TX, 20% of 5,000 jobs at Tulsa cut and overhauls contracted to TIMCO (AL), ST Aerospace (NC) and HAECO (Hong Kong)
  • AMR Eagle Holding American Eagle subsidiary replaced by capacity purchase agreements with SkyWest at LAX, ExpressJet at DFW (AMR Eagle expected to change name and be divested)
  • SJU hub closes Mar 31, Executive Airlines ATR72s returning to lessors
Aircraft:
Code:
Aircraft Type           Number     Orders    Notes
Airbus A319                        ~130       (choices of 319/321)
Airbus A321/neo                    ~130
Boeing 737-800           195       111
Boeing 737 MAX                     100      >2017, 60 options
Boeing 757-200           102                 6 parked
Boeing 767-200 ER        13                  2 parked
Boeing 767-300 ER        58                                
Boeing 777-200 ER        47         5
Boeing 777-300 ER         3        12         13 options
Boeing 787-800                     20        +substitutions, options for 58   
Boeing 787-900                     22
DC-9-82 / MD-82         108                  42 parked
DC-9-83 / MD-83          82

American Eagle Airlines
Bombardier CRJ-700       47
Embraer EMB-135 KL       59
Embraer EMB-135LR        21                  being returned to lessor 2013
Embraer EMB-145LR       118
SAAB 340B                                    41 parked

Executive Airlines
ATR-72-212                9                  being returned to lessor 2013

Contract Fleet
Bombardier CRJ200        23                  12 SkyWest, 11 ExpressJet
Embraer EMB-135KL         9                  Chautauqua Airlines
Embraer ERJ-175          53                  Republic Airlines 2013 and on
US Airways
Began service: 1939 (All American Aviation), 1952 (Allegheny Airlines), 1979 (rebranded US Air), 1996 (rebranded US Airways)
2005: Reverse takeover by America West / HP takes name of, and results in, current US Airways name
Codes: IATA US / ICAO AWE Call sign: CACTUS
Parent: US Airways Group (LCC), Tempe AZ
CEO: Doug Parker; President, Scott Kirby
Hubs: CLT, LAX, PHL, PHX (DCA is a "focus city", not included the hubs in listing)
Alliance: Star Alliance
Frequent Flyer Program: Dividend Miles
...Status Levels (4): Silver (25,000 PQM / 30 PQS 1 c/y); Gold (50,000 PQM / 60 PQS; Platinum (75,000 PQM / 90 PQS); Chairman's (100,000 PQM / 120 PQS)
Lounge program: US Airways Club
Other airlines taken in include Lake Central, Mohawk, Piedmont and PSA
Link to Wikipedia page on US Airways

Highlights for 2012:
  • LCC reported record earnings of $637 million, $13.8 billion revenue after special items
  • 24.27 million mainline passengers, 80 million total
  • overall load factor: ____%
  • Approximately 200 airports, 3,200 flights per day
  • Five A330-200s and 15 A321s are due to come into service during 2013
  • New routes include changing CLT-LON to LHR (31 Mar) and CLT-GRU (5 May)
Aircraft:
Code:
Aircraft Type           Number     Orders    Notes
Airbus A319             93          2       (all versions)    
Airbus A320             72         20       (all versions)
Airbus A321             75         24       (all versions)
Airbus A330-200         7           8         
Airbus A330-300         9
Airbus A350-800                    18
Airbus A350-900                     9
Boeing 737-400          31
Boeing 757-200          24
Boeing 767-200 ER       10            
Embraer ERJ-190         20

Piedmont Airlines dba US Airways Express
Bombardier DHC-8-102    33
Bombardier DHC-8-311    11

PSA Airlines dba US Airways Express
Bombardier CRJ200       35
Bombardier CRJ700       14

US Airways Contract Fleet
Bombardier CRJ200       84                 70 Air Wisconsin, 14 SkyWest
Bombardier CRJ900       38                 Mesa Airlines
Embraer EMB-145         16                 9 Chautauqua, 7 Tans States
Embraer EMB-170-100     20                 Republic Airlines
Embraer EMB-170-200     38                 Republic Airlines
Information mostly from Airways magazine US Major Airlines Annual Survey, April 2013 issue

For updates, please see the following website that has been established: http://newamericanarriving.com

Last edited by miamigrad; Nov 27, 2013 at 6:04 pm Reason: Updated expected merger closing date
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