View Poll Results: IB asks: Is an American Airlines/US Airways merger good for the traveling public?
Yes
45
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Dec 1, 2013, 4:46 pm
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• The current discussion regarding impacts and implications of the 9 December US reverse takeover of American Airlines is here.
• The archived (closed) discussion regarding the possible merger, pros and cons, etc. is here.
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• The current discussion regarding impacts and implications of the 9 December US reverse takeover of American Airlines is here.
• The archived (closed) discussion regarding the possible merger, pros and cons, etc. is here.
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American Airlines and US Airways approve merger: just the facts, please
Dec 9, 2013, 6:29 am
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The documents have been signed, the merger has closed
From our newsroom comes this report:
American Airlines Merges with US Airways, Forms Largest Airline in the World
American Airlines Merges with US Airways, Forms Largest Airline in the World
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….
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….
Dec 9, 2013, 1:50 pm
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Please follow the new Newsfeed in the new forum
Now that the merger has closed, any new news items can be posted to the corresponding thread that we've started in the new, combined forum:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...ust-facts.html
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