US Airways and American merger finalized
US Airways and American Airlines have completed their merger.
The deal means the combined airline will overtake Delta as the biggest carrier in the world.
The new airline will have over 1,000 aircraft flying 6,700 daily flights to 330 destinations across 54 countries. It will employ 24,500 flight attendants and 12,500 pilots.
The merger will save the airlines $1bn a year within 12 months.
Over the next 24 months, the merged company will bring all aircraft into line, which chief executive Doug Parker described as "not easy".
He told ABC News: ""We have consultants on board who’ve done this with other carriers.
"It’s not easy, but…both airlines have been through a merger in the semi-recent past."
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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