American Airlines & US Airways Merge
After months of courtship, American Airlines and US Airways are officially tying the knot. In the aviation industry's newest marriage, the two carriers will create the world's largest airline.
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After months of courtship, American Airlines and US Airways are officially tying the knot. In the aviation industry's newest marriage, the two carriers will create the world's largest airline.
The American Airlines merger with US Airways -- announced on Thursday morning -- creates an airline that will move more people through the skies than any other airline in the world.
Fort Worth's American Airlines and Phoenix's US Airways formally announced a merger on Thursday morning to create the world's largest airline.
Sources indicate that the American Airlines board of directors will meet on Wednesday to possibly vote on a merger with US Airways.
The boards of American Airlines parent AMR Corp. and US Airways have pushed back meeting on plans to consider a final merger, Associated Press sources say.
The Allied Pilots Association, the pilots' union for American Airlines, is hopeful a merger between their airline and US Airways will bring a change at the top of a newly combined airline.
A merger deal between American Airlines and US Airways is set to take off early next week, CBS 11 News has learned.
More of the pieces seem to be falling into place and a picture is starting to emerge of what an American Airlines-US Airways merger might look like.
The largest union at American Airlines now has an agreement in place that will give members a nearly five-percent pay raise if American merges with U.S. Airways.
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Pilots won't lose work, will get to fly the same planes and will keep their seniority. They are among the key terms released Tuesday in a memorandum that the pilots unions of American Airlines and US Airways agreed to in case of a merger.
AMR, the parent company of American Airlines, asked a judge Friday for more time to file a plan to emerge from bankruptcy.
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Directors of the parent company of American Airlines likely will not make a decision when they meet Wednesday to consider a possible merger with US Airways.
American Airlines' CEO Tom Horton says it will be "a matter of weeks" before a decision is made about a merger with U-S Airways.
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Top leaders at American Airlines, US Airways, and their pilot unions are meeting to discuss a merger, one of the unions said. The Allied Pilots Association at American Airlines disclosed the meetings in a hotline message to members Wednesday.
After a bitter battle between American Airlines management and the Allied Pilots Association for years, CEO Tom Horton met with union leaders face to face for the first time.
Allied Pilots Association president Keith Wilson said that American Airlines CEO Thomas Horton is scheduled to talk about the airline's bankruptcy restructuring.
Pilots at American Airlines are approving a new labor contract, which could clear the way for consideration of a merger with US Airways.
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The Allied Pilots Association board of directors voted late Friday morning to send its 8,000 members the deal in principle struck with American Airlines. The final count was 12-4 in favor of presenting the offer.
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