American Airlines, the number three player in the U.S. aviation market, merged Monday morning with number five US Airways. The combined company, which will operate under the American Airlines Group name, will have more than 6,700 daily flights to 336 locations in 56 countries across the globe. It will employ over 24,500 flight attendants and 12.500 pilots.

Earlier this morning, representatives from the two airlines met in the Dallas offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, signed the documents merging the two companies, and created the world’s largest airline.

Doug Parker, the incoming CEO of the new American, joined by employees of the airline, will remotely ring the opening bell for the Nasdaq stock market opening bell from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in celebration of the merger and the listing of the combined airline’s common stock on the Nasdaq….