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American’s New Senior Leadership Team Looks a Lot Like US Airways and America West Before That

Yesterday, American announced its new post-US Airways merger senior management team, and the result is pretty much as I had expected. Actually, scratch that. It’s as I had hoped it would be. Let me explain what I mean by that. See, I figured that...

Published Tue, Jun 11 2013 11:45 AM by The Cranky FlierThe Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Mergers/Finance, American

Across the Aisle from US Airways CEO Doug Parker on Important Product Features, Asia, and oneworld (Part 2)

Yesterday, I posted the first half of my interview with current US Airways CEO Doug Parker. We talked most about employee communication, but today, I post the second half which is more about the customer experience, and what we might expect from the new...

Published Tue, Apr 30 2013 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Mergers/Finance, American, Across the Aisle Interviews

Across the Aisle from US Airways CEO Doug Parker on The Importance of Employee Communications (Part 1)

Last week, I had the chance to interview current US Airways CEO Doug Parker. As we all know, he’ll be running the new American Airlines when the merger closes at some point in the third quarter of this year. It ended up being a good 20 minute conversation...

Published Mon, Apr 29 2013 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Mergers/Finance, American, Across the Aisle Interviews

Cranky on the Web (April 1 – 5)

Doug Parker Decides ‘Small is Beautiful’ – Doesn’t Want AA-US Merger After Livery Concerns – Gadling Another April Fools’ post from me. This time, it’s about the end of the US Airways/American merger. Samoa Air’s...

Published Sat, Apr 6 2013 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Mergers/Finance, American

My Best Guess On What Will Happen to American’s Hubs Post-Merger

It is a lot of fun to speculate on a variety of things when it comes to mergers, but the favorite pastime seems to be figuring out what will happen to the route network. Will every hub keep service? Will some go away? Everyone has a different opinion...

Published Mon, Feb 18 2013 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Mergers/Finance, American

Cranky on the Web (February 11 – 15)

Airlines Are Not Secretly Plotting Against You – Conde Nast Daily Traveler Just a little rant about things people think airlines are doing to screw them, when in fact they aren’t. In the Trenches: The Conference Circuit – Intuit Small...

Published Sat, Feb 16 2013 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Operations, Mergers/Finance, American

Topic of the Week: What About Eagle?

There’s plenty of talk about the American/US Airways merger, but there simply isn’t much at all about what will happen in the regional world. American Eagle remains in limbo. I spoke with Andrew Nocella, SVP of Marketing and Planning for US...

Published Fri, Feb 15 2013 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Mergers/Finance, American

The American and US Airways Merger is Finally Announced, Here’s How Not to Screw This Up

The day has finally come. Assuming the feds approve it, American and US Airways are now set to merge forming the real “new” American. You all know that I support this merger. Having come up in this industry under the very same America West...

Published Thu, Feb 14 2013 2:18 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Mergers/Finance, American

Topic of the Week: Which Airline Had the Best Q4 Results? Worst?

The big US airlines have reported fourth quarter earnings, so now it’s your turn to play financial analyst. Which one had the best results? Which one had the worst? And while we’re at it, what are you predictions for financial performance...

Published Fri, Feb 1 2013 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Mergers/Finance

Why Haven’t US Airways and American Announced a Merger?

Here we are at the end of January and a merger between US Airways and American still has not been announced. This is downright silly since just about every party agrees that it’s the right thing to do. So what’s up? Well, I say “just...

Published Thu, Jan 31 2013 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Mergers/Finance, American

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 the pilots are now in love with their management team. Hah, yeah right. This was the last big hurdle to be cleared...

Published Mon, Dec 10 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Mergers/Finance, American

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. This thing is really proceeding at a snail’s pace and the pilots are a big reason for that. That doesn’t...

Published Thu, Sep 6 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Mergers/Finance, American

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 a merger. Oh please. This has to be a joke, right? Photos: Inside the New(ish) Airplanes of...

Published Sat, Jul 14 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Mergers/Finance, American

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 the bid for Delta in bankruptcy failed, Friday’s news that the airline had won backing from the American labor unions should finally...

Published Mon, Apr 23 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Mergers/Finance, American

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 reservation system in favor of a version of Continental’s SHARES system to form one airline from the customer...

Published Mon, Mar 5 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Mergers/Finance

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American’s New Senior Leadership Team Looks a Lot Like US Airways and America West Before That

Across the Aisle from US Airways CEO Doug Parker on Important Product Features, Asia, and oneworld (Part 2)

Across the Aisle from US Airways CEO Doug Parker on The Importance of Employee Communications (Part 1)

Cranky on the Web (April 1 – 5)

My Best Guess On What Will Happen to American’s Hubs Post-Merger

Cranky on the Web (February 11 – 15)

Topic of the Week: What About Eagle?

The American and US Airways Merger is Finally Announced, Here’s How Not to Screw This Up

Topic of the Week: Which Airline Had the Best Q4 Results? Worst?

Why Haven’t US Airways and American Announced a Merger?

American Seals a Deal With Its Pilots, Now the Merger Fun Begins

American Continues to Slog Through Bankruptcy While US Airways Goes Silent (On Purpose)

Cranky on the Web (July 9 – 13)

US Airways Takes a Huge Step Toward Acquiring American

United’s Reservation System Switch Goes Well With Only Minor Glitches