Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic received final approval today from the US Department of Transportation for their joint venture on trans-Atlantic flights. This alliance will compete with the British Airways-American Airlines oneworld alliance in key markets such as New…
The US DOJ, various state attorneys general and the District of Columbia have filed challenging the American Airlines (AA)–US Airways (US) merger. This news was not what was expected by industry followers. The previous merger between Delta and Northwest went…
Embraer’s E-Jets are coming to United Express, after the airline ordered 30 plus 40 options. Deliveries are slated to arrive in the second quarter of 2014. The E-175 aircraft will be fitted to seat 76 passengers, the current limited…
Address by US Airways’ Rob Isom and American Airlines’ Beverly Goulet. These are the two hands on people driving the merger forward for both companies. This is possibly the first in depth trade media briefing given on the merger. It…
Doug Parker has successfully pulled off the David eats Goliath (again) merger of US Airways and American, and will take the reigns as CEO of the combined company. We applaud that decision, as consolidation is essential for both carriers, as…
Looking ahead at this time of year, there are several key events and stories that we know will occur in 2013. In this post, we’ll comment about them, along with our prognostication on how we expect they might turn out.…