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According to a report by the South China Morning Post, the approved merger of American Airlines and US Airways to form the largest airline by revenues in the world is not good news for passengers.
Bankruptcy judge Sean Lane dismissed a private effort to block the merger between US Airways and AMR Corp and gave the clearance to allow the transaction to proceed.
A settlement was reached between representatives of both American Airlines and US Airways Group and the US Department of Justice would pave the way to the approval of the merger.
The Association of Professional Flight Attendants, representing 16,000 flight attendants at American Airlines, cheered the announcement today that the Justice Department has accepted a settlement in its antitrust suit against American Airlines and US Airways.
Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways articulated its interest in acquiring AMR-US Airway flight slots in Washington.
US Attorney General Eric Holder said his comments that confirmed talks of a settlement between American Airlines and the US Airways regarding the airline's planned merger.
US antitrust regulators would like American Airlines and the US Airways Group to agree to concessions before giving their stamp of approval for the merger.
A billion dollar merger has been settled between US Airways Group and American Airlines In the hopes of winning regulator approval of the USD11 billion merger, US Airways Group and American Airlines considered to give up landing and take-off slots at the Washington Ronald Reagan National Airport.
The state of Texas had dropped out of the lawsuit filed by the US Justice Department to block the US Airways-American Airlines merger, according to a Reuters report.
