Mergers/Finance
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American Seals a Deal With Its Pilots, Now the Merger Fun Begins
The results of the pilot vote at American were released Friday and the tentative agreement was overwhelmingly approved. Does that mean that…
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American Continues to Slog Through Bankruptcy While US Airways Goes Silent (On Purpose)
It’s been awhile since I wrote about the American Airlines bankruptcy, and there’s a good reason for that. Not much has happened.…
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Cranky on the Web (July 9 – 13)
American Airlines Merger Possibilities: The Bad and the Worse – Conde Nast Daily Traveler American says it’s evaluating five different airlines for…
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US Airways Takes a Huge Step Toward Acquiring American
For those who like to continue to point out that a US Airways bid for American in bankruptcy will fail just like…
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United’s Reservation System Switch Goes Well With Only Minor Glitches
If you believed the headlines, you’d think that United had melted down over the weekend when it finally retired its Apollo computer…
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The Final Days of the Continental Name (but Continental Itself Lives On)
There are a lot of different milestones that can be used to determine when a merger is truly complete. The one I…
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Southwest’s Uniquely Customer-Friendly AirTran Merger Plan
Today is Valentine’s Day, so how about a little LUV story? One of the things about Southwest’s takeover of AirTran that I…
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Why Delta is Interested in Buying American
When the news broke that Delta was sniffing around the possibility of making a bid for American while it sits in bankruptcy,…
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Everything You Wanted to Know About The World of Aircraft Leasing (Guest Post)
I’m still on paternity leave, but today I have an interesting post on the world of leasing from someone on the inside.…
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Why I Want US Airways to Buy American
Every time I bring up the idea of US Airways buying American, I hear gasps of horror at the mere mention. (See…
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Southwest Brings Its Airplanes to Atlanta for Valentine’s Day
Southwest’s acquisition of AirTran made a little news yesterday when it was announced that Southwest would bring its own airplanes to Atlanta…
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Why I Wouldn’t Be Surprised to See Virgin America Acquire Frontier
This may sound crazy, but hear me out. There were two separate pieces of news last week concerning Virgin America and Frontier…