The Genealogy of Major US Airlines
After legally completing their merger last year, US Airways and American Airlines began operations to become the world’s largest single carrier. US Airways began repainting planes in American Airlines’ livery and merging booking systems (cross-listing flights as AA and US for the carriers). Just Wednesday, the FAA issued American Airlines and US Airways a single […]
In Defense of “Greedy” Airlines
The American airline industry is perhaps one of the favorite targets of consumer angst and distrust. It seems as though one cannot go a week without hearing of another mid-flight horror story or a 6 hour delay on the tarmac. Booking and taking a flight has gone from a pleasurable taste of the power of […]