Oklahoma Attorney Requests Feds To Drop The Case Towards Airlines Merger

Atty. General Scott Pruitt wrote to Atty. General Eric Holder, requesting him of allowing the proposed merger among American Airlines and US Airways Wings to continue.

The combat within the American Airlines-US Airways Wings antitrust court action is moving one state to another since Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt requested the Department of Justice to drop the case.

Although Oklahoma just is not among the 6 states and Washington, D.C., which have become a member of the federal law suit to close the particular merger, Pruitt asked Lawyer General Eric Holder to take into account the side of the particular states.

“Not permitting the actual merger to be able to continue produces ongoing uncertainness for the many American Airlines’ employees, one of the greatest private-sector organizations in America, - Pruitt claims in his letter to Atty. General Eric Holder. ‘Only in Tulsa, American utilizes greater than 6,000 employees at the facility of maintenance. Those workers have experienced vagueness over the past twenty one months while expecting the court’s approval of their plan of reorganization.’

The request of Pruitt arrived within a day in which airline flight attendants of American Airlines started lobbying Virginia to drop out the suit against the merger.

The particular Department Of Justice filed suit to bar the particular merger in August, stating that joining the country's fourth- and fifth-biggest airlines might limit competition and hurt customers in a market which has been joining together for more than 10 years.

Arizona Lawyer General Greg Abbott declared that his express was dropping out of the particular lawsuit after a deal was cast to be able to preserve the international airports’ services in Texas, maintain a significant center in Dallas-Fort Worth and keep up the company's head office in Fort worth.

US Airways Wings News

What is the recent news from this major airline, you might be asking?

The last time everyone heard about them, US Airways wings planned to do a major merger. In fact, if it will happen, it will be the biggest merger in history. The proposed merger came from American Airlines company.

When both (and if) companies will merge, they will form a biggest airline company in the world. But so far this isn’t happening.

US Airways wings were sued by the government.

When government heard about the merger they opened a case against it. They told the public that the merger will actually hurt consumers, because this will be the biggest airline company in the world and thus they will be able to greatly influence flight prices. It will be almost like monopoly, especially in US market. So they are worried about it.

US Airways wings and American Airlines on the other hand are heavily protesting. They will be defending their case in November, 2013. They want to prove that the merger will actually do good for consumers and both companies.

There is no doubt about US Airways Wings Company

In the past few years their financial situation was incredibly bad. Two times they were almost bankrupt (filed for bankruptcy two times, but government helped them). And they are not doing good at the moment. Still losing money. So they desperately need this merger to happen.

It will allow US Airways wings to get cheaper prices on flights. So far this company is incredibly expensive, despite their bad customer service. They have the best baggage handling system though.

But they are continuously improving, so it should be better and better in the near future (if they will not go out of business before that). Plus American Airlines will help greatly. 

The biggest stake in the company will belong to American Airlines and it’s something like 3 to 1. US Airways wings just own 25% or so. The new company headquarters will be located in Texas. That’s where American Airlines headquarters are.

So everyone is waiting for the court. Who will win? Both parties have gathered huge amount of witnesses. For government there will be 12 witnesses and 3 experts and for both airline companies CEOs and top executives will act as witnesses.

US Airways wings merger news

 US Airways wings merger news

We all know that American Airlines and US Airways wings decided to do the biggest merger in history of airlines quite some time ago. There was a lawsuit filled against the deal and both companies had to take part in trial. They won the lawsuit, but there is one more coming in November 15th.

It's also rumored that it could be postponed till March next year. That could be bad news for the merger. US Airways wings desperately needs the merger sooner. Seth Bloom said that we should expect a decision soon. It should be done by the end of the year. If not, that will put merger at risk.

Both airlines (American Airlines and US airways wings) want to have settlements talks with the Justice Department.

Experts said that the lawsuit is prolonging the merger needlessly, since these 2 corporations will work together very well. (US Airways wings faced few bankruptcies in the past, and their future depends on this merger).

Lawyers from both airlines said that what they do will be beneficial for the general public and they hope that judge will be able to see it too, with their help. They also appreciated the fact that court considered a trial this year, in November. This will help with the merger.

Both sides agreed on long 10-12 day bench trial for this case. All top airline executives from both companies will act as witnesses on upcoming trial. The government on the other hand will be challenging their claim with 12 witnesses from their side, as well as 3 experts.

The government explains their decision with the fact that it (US Airways wings and American Airlines) will become the largest airline in the world. And this will greatly lower competition and allow them to create some sort of monopoly, which in turn will greatly affect customers (in a bad way).

We'll see what happens in next few months.

US Airways wings cool stuff

Have you heard about US Airways wings?

With the latest merger they are going to become one of the biggest airline companies in the world! They have a very long history. In fact, they have started just before World War 2, in 1939. Originally, they started as an airmail service. But several years later, after starting the company they realized they have to transition to passenger service - passenger airlines were getting more and more popular each year.

Through the years they developed a huge network over all USA and some of the Mexico, and in recent decade or two they also opened flight routes to Europe and South America.

US Airways wings were known for bad customer service.

Luckily, this changed over the years. This company is still very far from the best customer experience, but it's reasonable. US Airways wings also snatched a first place for baggage delivery in recent years. They had the lowest percentage of baggage losses in the industry, which is quite a feat.

Over the years they had many mergers and partnerships. This helped them to survive bankruptcy (2 times) and develop their flight network even further. Now the latest merger with American Airlines will make this company the biggest in the world. Although American Airlines will secure the biggest stake in the company, by far - something like 3 to 1.

But it's good for US Airways Wings nevertheless.

Their financial situation after 2000 was getting considerably worse. They had higher prices than competition and worse service so that was one of the causes of bankruptcy.