U.S. government, two airlines say open to settling merger fight

[SWA Bubba]

The rumor is that all the DCA and LGA slots and gates, as well as the gate divestitures at DAL, BOS, and LAX, have to go straight to Southwest.*

Bubba

 

[SWA Bubba]

The rumor is that all the DCA and LGA slots and gates, as well as the gate divestitures at DAL, BOS, and LAX, have to go straight to Southwest.*

Bubba

* not really... I just wanted to see if I could make Flopgut's head explode.

Bubba

 

[Saluki Dawg]

The rumor is that all the DCA and LGA slots and gates, as well as the gate divestitures at DAL, BOS, and LAX, have to go straight to Southwest.*

Bubba

That's a bad rumor I think.

 

[Guppiedriver]

After completion of the required divestitures, the combined company expects to operate 44 fewer daily departures at DCA and 12 fewer daily departures at LGA than the approximately 290 daily DCA departures and 175 daily LGA departures that American and US Airways operate today.[ii] The divestitures required by the settlement are not expected to impact total employment at the new American.

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[711-24-7]

Under the terms of the settlement:
? The new American will divest 52 slot pairs at DCA and 17 slot pairs at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA), as well as certain gates and related facilities to support service at those airports.
o Included are eight DCA slot pairs that American currently leases to JetBlue and five LGA slot pairs that American leases to Southwest.
o As a result, we expect the settlement to result in the new American operating 44 fewer DCA daily departures than the 290 that American and US Airways currently operate.
o At LGA, we will operate 12 fewer daily departures than the approximately 175 we collectively operate today.
? Also divest two gates and related support facilities at each of Boston Logan International Airport, Chicago O?Hare International Airport, Dallas Love Field, Los Angeles International Airport, and Miami International Airport.


To ensure much of the service to small- and medium-sized markets from DCA is maintained, the new American has agreed with the DOT to use all of its DCA commuter slot pairs for service to these communities (DCA designates slots for either ?commuter? or ?mainline? use. Seventy-four of our slots are allocated to commuter slots, which mean they must be operated by aircraft with 76 seats or less). In addition, in the agreement with the state Attorneys General, the new American has agreed to maintain its hubs at CLT, DFW, JFK, LAX, MIA, ORD, PHL and PHX consistent with historical operations for a period of three years. With limited exceptions, for a period of five years the new American will continue to provide daily scheduled service from one or more of its hubs to each airport in each of the states involved in the original lawsuit that has scheduled daily service from either American or US Airways.

 

[Tweaker]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/2013/11/12/justice-merger-american-us-airways/3506367/

 

[Tweaker]

Heeellllllllllllllllll yeaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

And a final suck it dick holder!

 

[Flying the Line]

America West Airlines: world's largest passenger airline. Who would have believed that 15 years ago

 

[cbrown1]

So I hate to throw a grenade into all this but what happens with judge silver now?

 

[Guppiedriver]

So I hate to throw a grenade into all this but what happens with judge silver now?

Unquestionably ripe!