us airways and american airlines merged on april 8, 2015.
us airways and american airlines merged on april 8, 2015.
when did us airways and american airlines merger?
april 8, 2015
in february 2013 american airlines and us airways announced plans to merge, creating the largest airline in the world. the holding companies of american and us airways merged effective december 9, 2013. in preparation for their eventual integration, the airlines began offering reciprocal frequent flyer benefits on january 7, 2014, and us airways left star alliance to join oneworld on march 31, 2014. the combined airline carries the american airlines name and branding and will maintain the existing us airways hubs in charlotte, philadelphia, phoenix, and washington for a period of at least five years under the terms of a settlement with the department of justice and several state attorneys general. us airways management runs the combined airline from the american headquarters in fort worth, texas. on april 8, 2015, the faa officially granted a single operating certificate for both carriers, marking the end of us airways as an independent carrier. the brand continued to exist until october.
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in january 2012, us airways group, the parent company of us airways, expressed interest in taking over amr corporation, the parent company of american airlines. in march, amr's ceo tom horton said that the company was open to a merger. us airways (us) told some american airlines (aa) creditors that merging the two carriers could yield more than $1.5 billion a year in added revenue and cost savings. on april 20, american airlines' three unions said they supported a proposed merger between the two airlines. with amr under chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, american airlines had been looking to merge with another airline. earlier in july, a bankruptcy court filing stated that us airways was an american airlines creditor and "prospective merger partner"; on august 31, us airways ceo doug parker announced that american airlines and us airways had signed a nondisclosure agreement, in which they would discuss the possibility of a merger.
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