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Tagged: Merger

Airlines
9:40 am
Fri March 22, 2013

Celebrating 45 Years With US Airways (Well, Sort Of)

Credit Tasnim Shamma
Bette Burke-Nash (l) and Joan Myers-Singh worked for Eastern Airlines in Washington D.C. Nash is the longest-serving US Airways employee. She began her career as a stewardess in 1957. Eastern did not merge with today’s US Airways but its hourly shuttle routes between D.C., New York and Boston became part of the airline.
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These days, it's not that often that employees work for the same company for most if not all of their careers. Thursday night, US Airways celebrated employees who have done just that.


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Developing
10:53 am
Thu February 14, 2013

How The US Airways Merger Will Affect Charlotte

Credit USAirways.com
Early indications are that Charlotte will remain a hub for air travel, with the merger of American Airlines and U.S. Airways.
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  The early indication is that Charlotte’s airport is safe in the just-announced merger of US Airways and American Airlines. The new American Airlines will be the world's largest, with a value of 11 billion dollars and an extensive network of destinations.

When merging, airlines combine operations, which means reducing duplicative routes and changing presences in airports. US Airways operates about 90 percent of flights in and out of Charlotte-Douglas every day—it is the airline’s largest hub.

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