Janice Hough writes about the continuing problem with schedule and flight changes when dealing with airlines in the throes of mergers.
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Chaos at Connecticut airport, Smaller hubs may not have a chance after merger, SkyTeam eyes further expansion
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This week has been bittersweet for US Airways. They started off announcing the break off of merger talks with United Airlines that they never admitted having then released their first quarter financials that showed hopeful improvements. As Doug Parker, the US Airways CEO spoke before their media day gathering of travel writers, he reiterated consolidation, consolidation, consolidation.
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Why can’t we just let a big airline go out of business? I can’t understand the ability of giant corporations that seem to keep levitating, defying gravity, defying red ink and billions and billions of dollars in losses. Case in point: United Airlines.
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Perhaps even more important that the merger agreements being considered here in the U.S.A., mergers in Europe are changing the landscape of international travel. This consolidation was just punctuated by the BA/Iberia agreement last week. During the past year or so, Lufthansa’s purchased Swiss, Austrian, Brussels and bmi. And before that, Air France and KLM created a jointly run airline.
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Bob Crandall, American Airlines’ former chief executive, rocked the airline community when he claimed high fuel prices are not to blame for the current industry malaise and called for limited reregulation of the airline business.
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Just a few short weeks ago Continental Airlines called off merger talks with United Airlines. However, with combo discussions between United and US Airways, Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines, as well as European carriers ongoing, Continental wants to ensure it stays in the game.
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Pilots and flight attendants alike have serious doubts about the possible merger and say that it should be viewed as a “last resort”.
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In a move to get the nod of regulators and shareholders, Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines are extending travel privileges to employees.
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