In the airline industry puzzle, American airlines and American airlines (US Airways) are two near perfect unifies in together.
Fifty's busiest domestic flights, the two operators direct competition is only one: Los Angeles to phoenix, according to the OAG, this company tracking route and schedule. Hundreds of little someone route, they just overlap a dozen times, mostly between the hub city. For example, two airlines to fly to north Carolina charlotte, Miami, Dallas, Philadelphia and Chicago phoenix.
The board of directors of the company agreed to merge on Wednesday night, four people told the Associated Press, and officially released, is expected to earlier on Thursday.
Their service market complementarity, should help airlines to avoid any antitrust regulators, the industry experts say the main obstacle. Will become the merged company, especially in today's aviation industry, this is all scale.
Commercial aviation is increasingly dominated by large operators commitment from all over the world provide convenience of passengers. They offer frequent flights, to the distant destination, often only change a local plane - sometimes not.
These large operators, founded in 2008, delta air lines bought northwest, created the world's largest airline. Two years later, the United States at one fell swoop beyond the front, it and the mainland merger.
American airlines and American airlines (US Airways) curled up in the shadows, because these new monster, highly profitable enterprise travels away. But together, they will take the crown as the world's largest airline, and win the business travellers have a lens.
Each airline brings different table.
The United States has a powerful presence, Dallas, Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. This is also in Latin America dominated American players. Only in Brazil, it has 111 weekly flights seven different cities. The United States also has a lock of flight to London heathrow airport, the world's major financial centers.
American airlines (US Airways) is the main carrier of Philadelphia, charlotte, phoenix and Washington, d.c., it also has the United States is not direct service to the major European cities, such as Amsterdam and Brussels course.
American airlines to fly to Asia and the United States is far lower than the presence of the United States and delta of substantive occupied.
But the real key is American airlines merger comprehensive services to along the east coast of the small city.
The airline CEO doug parker, proudly told investors, in the company's annual meeting, if his airline alliance with America, which would have the Rocky Mountains east the biggest market share.
The two airlines passengers need to use the small cities, such as London, Pennsylvania. , elmira, New York and Virginia lynchburg,
The United States, for example, can charge high prices to London flight, but can only make money flight, if it can fill it has enough passengers. The passengers from the American airlines network.
WoEnShui: "American airlines (currently) lose money, short section, but if they can carry the passenger's another main center or fly international, they capture increment income," Cordle, airline ionospheric capital analysts and co-founder.
American airlines also to obtain the rich New York, Boston and Washington, d.c. the shuttle bus service between
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