US Airways Said To Be Making Offer To Buy Or Merge With American Airlines; Industry Is Changing

If this were to go through, AWE would definitely be leaving *A. There is no way that DAL/KLM/etc. will allow over half of the (what is left) legacy carriers to all be part of *A. There would be no OneWorld presence in the US, which I think would tick off a rather upset VIR.

As far as fleets go, this coudl cause AAL to cancel that huge A320neo order, as they'd be picking up A319s-A321s from AWE. How their B737NG(MAX?) order will unfold is another good question.

Bonus for them if they pick up CLT for a hub, giving them something between JFK and MIA. Once again, this brings into question DFW. It's still too early on how that will work out, but there has to be some anxiety down in Dallas right about now..

You people are clueless with your comments and most probably just spectators to the industry and do not even work it... FYI the pilot problem that exists at US is becuase of the East pilots being a bunch of babies and running away from various court rulings, and forming their own union seperating the West from any representation. Shocking, the USAPA union voted in is currently running on pennies and ran out of money in their last lawsuit - giving up. Unions are pointless today and the driving factor for bankruptcy. With regulations as they exist today and the changes in the workforce as the baby-boomers retire we will see pointless unions disappear.

I doubt this will happen for a few reasons:

1. The AA pension holders hold a significant stake in the creditor board for AMR in the bankruptcy. They likely would not vote for this. US Airways would likely seek to shrink the former AA operation to only their DFW and MIA hubs.
2. AMR is financing their bankruptcy though cash on hand rather than DIP financing, meaning that there's no large financial institution that stands to benefit from this deal.
3. It's unlikely that anyone would give US Airways large enough line of credit to acquire AMR using cash and the prospect for the creditors of only receiving diluted US Airways stock for the company is likely unattractive.
4. The DOJ would likely have considerable antitrust concerns. If this merger were to go through you would be getting to the point where market share in the industry would be getting too consolidated - even though the industry is deregulated and anyone is free to start a new airline.

Piemont even approached Roanke,Va about being a hub one time.Well the answer to their thoughts is clear for they ended up in CLT.Yea GSO made more sense for they were based in Winston Salem NC.Go figure.All about concessions and tax breaks I guess.plus in Roa. the city would have had to spend millions to lenghten the runways.Not the best layout here for sure with the mountains and all.

Noooooooooooooo!!!

I really think that Horton is shaking his head and saying "why don't they just let us alone". AMR is in a whole lot better shape financially than any of the other legacy's were when they went into bankruptcy and should be strong enough to emerge as a stand alone, if left alone to work things out as they planned. It WOULD be a disaster if US tried to take them in. They are so weak, I am surprised THEY haven't been gobbled up. I do look for Eagle to be gone with those feeder routes going to contract, probably Mesa.Maintenance at Tulsa and at Ft Worth is a toss up.

That is funny, unfortunately graduated with my BS in AFO at the conclusion of the September 11 catastrophe. Remained in college achieving a BS in Aviation Anagement with a concentrations in airline/airport operations. Obtained my MBA in Applied Management and another MBA in Aviation Professional Management; currently working to acheive my PhD in Organizational Leadership while working full-time at a legacy carrier as a senior manager in strategic planning/future schedule development. After September 11 I opted to not continue flying because of what the industry was turning into but still wanted to be a part of it in some way... So, no was not because I could not pass the written, just FYI...

I guess U S AIR will ruin another airline like they did with PIEDMONT.Watch your pensions for we sure lost ours with their poor management decisions.

It would be a disaster. Ask any east coast Us Air pilot about the last merger.

USAir wants to be the Union Pacific of airlines. Anything with "Air..." in the name, beware!

Way to go Wayne! He's sounds like one of those DipS..ts that is struggling with that written...If he ever passes that, then the real flying is tested and there are no cajones there. Betcha he's still waiting for that callup to right seat by an over-grown bug-smasher 'airline'.

I live in the approach path for 9R at Philly, so some part of me can't help but root for the lowly US Airways. But still, i had the exact same thought as most people on here--this IS like a hot dog cart trying to buy Oscar Meyer. I mean, how many more flights a day does American have than US? How many more aircraft? This is like David trying to buy out Goliath. I can't see that this is anything more than a pipe dream.