Merger: US Airways + United Airlines?
April 29, 2008 by Airline Blogger
There is a talk about merger between US Airways and United Airlines. I did a little research (here and here) and found the following -
Red for United and Blue for US Airways
- Name - United Airlines (since it is bigger brand name and airline than US Airways)
- Based in - Chicago IL, Tempe AZ (the merged airlines would probably be in Chicago)
- Hubs - Chicago (O’Hare), Denver, Washington (Dulles), San Francisco, Los Angeles, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Phoenix
- Focus Cities - Tokyo (Narita) , Las Vegas, Washington (Ronald Reagan), New York (LaGuardia), Boston (Logan), Pittsburgh (???)
- Frequent Flier Program - Mileage Plus, Dividend Miles
- Alliance - Star Alliance (same for both)
- Fleet Size - 458 (+42 orders) + 360 (+183 orders) = 818 (+225 orders)
- Fleet - Airbus A319, A320; Boeing 737, 747, 757, 767, 777, Airbus A319, A320, A321, A330, A340 (in 2009), A350 (orders); Boeing 737, 757, 767; Embraer 190
- Member Lounge - Red Carpet Club, US Airways Club
- Current Slogan - It’s Time to Fly, Fly with US
[...] May 12, 2008 Merger Update: Rumors of “US Airways + United” are heating up Posted by Airline Blogger under Airlines | Tags: Chicago, Doug Parker, Merger, Scott Kirby, United, US Airways | Earlier I had blogged on how the merged airlines would look. [...]
I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed reading your April 29th post, “Merger: US Airways + United Airlines?”. It came to my attention when we had the opportunity to link it to our post for today, May 21st.
Our post, “Why Some Airline Naming Lives On Despite the Surveys,” discussed an airline customer satisfaction survey in relation to airline brand names in light of recent and rumored airline mergers.
In case your interested, here is the link:
http://www.namedevelopment.com/blog/archives/2008/05/why_some_airlin.html
Best of luck with the continued success of the Airliner Blog.
Thanks!