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The Wall Street Journal: American Airlines CEO Tom Horton in talks to become chairman of possible merged carrier
According to the WSJ, AA CEO Tom Horton is in talks to become the CEO of the merged US Airways and American Airlines, according to "people familiar with the discussions" (aviationblog.dallasnews.com) 기타...
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Ohhhh talk about a fight to the death... AA's lovely track record on mergers (TWA) vs. USair's pieces that aren't keen on the fact that their called USair (Piedmont)... This could get interesting real quick. Can kiss any airbus planes flying around in PSA or PAL colors goodbye. Also wonder which hubs will get the axe? Hope CLT and PHL pays close attention to how things went down in STL.
my money is on Philly going away, if for no other reason because of the delays in just getting out of there and the fact that AA has hubs further up in the NE where the pax are
I highly doubt that phl would be dehubed, although I agree that if the merger goes through, unfortunatley one or two cities will be hubbed. PHL is the strongest peice of the US airways network, arguably besides CLT. There are a ton of routes out of PHL that American does not serve from JFK, and there is no way a merged airline could move those planes and routes to JFK because of the slot restrictions. Plus the traffic flow at PHL has gotten much better in recent years with the expansion of 17/35, the new dispersal headings, and recently the pullback by WN.
However,if the merger happens and several years down the road the city of Philadelphia decides to dramitically raise landing fees to pay for a new runway, then you never know what could happen.
However,if the merger happens and several years down the road the city of Philadelphia decides to dramitically raise landing fees to pay for a new runway, then you never know what could happen.
I was thinking about that fee increase
Whether Philly goes away or not, AA could use the exposure AWE has in the southeast via CLT (which is right at my back door). You can't go much of Anywhere from here on AA without a pass through DFW.
CLT could definitely give ATL some competition in years to come.
