UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al v. US AIRWAYS GROUP INC. et al

  1. October 25, 2013

    Biz Groups Add To Swelling Support For AA-US Airways Deal

    The leaders of 26 city and state chambers of commerce on Thursday joined in the growing chorus of stakeholders voicing support for the proposed merger of American Airlines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc. and urged Attorney General Eric Holder to settle the lawsuit currently stymieing the deal.

  2. October 23, 2013

    Mayors Urge DOJ To Allow AA-US Airways Merger

    Mayors of seven cities that serve as hubs for American Airlines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc. on Wednesday urged Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to allow the carriers' proposed merger to proceed for the sake of boosting their local economies.

  3. October 09, 2013

    Union Drops Bid To Intervene In Suit Over $14B Airline Merger

    After the U.S. Department of Justice, American Airlines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc. — in a rare showing of unanimity — urged a District of Columbia federal court to keep an airline workers' union out of the DOJ's suit to block the carriers' $14 billion merger, the union withdrew its bid to intervene in the case Wednesday.

  4. October 02, 2013

    Union Backs AA-US Airways Deal In Bid To Enter Suit

    The union representing  more than 23,000 American Airlines Inc. workers backed the company's $11 billion merger with US Airways Group Inc. on Wednesday as it moved to intervene in U.S. antitrust authorities' suit aimed at blocking the deal, arguing the merger is in the best interest of the bankrupt airline's workers.

  5. September 23, 2013

    US Air, AMR Delay Drop-Dead Date For Troubled Merger

    US Airways Group Inc. and American Airlines Inc. on Monday pushed back the outside date for their $13.8 billion merger, building in a cushion to fight what promises to be a long legal battle with antitrust regulators seeking to block the deal.

  6. September 20, 2013

    US Airways, American Demand DOJ Docs On Airline Mergers

    U.S. Airways Group Inc. and American Airline Inc. asked a Washington federal judge Friday to order the U.S. Department of Justice to hand over documents they say will help them prove their embattled $11 billion merger will actually help competition.

  7. September 11, 2013

    American, US Air Say DOJ Merger Suit Ignores Reality

    Bankrupt American Airlines parent AMR Corp. and US Airways Group Inc. on Tuesday accused the U.S. Department of Justice of ignoring the reality of the difficulties facing the airline industry in its bid to block the carriers' proposed $11 billion merger.

  8. August 30, 2013

    Airlines Open To Settle DOJ Merger Suit As Nov. Trial Looms

    An attorney for U.S. Airways Group Inc. said Friday that the company was open to settling the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust suit over its proposed $11 billion merger with bankrupt AMR Corp., as a Washington, D.C., federal judge set an expedited Nov. 25 trial date for the case.

  9. August 28, 2013

    DOJ, Airlines Open To Settlement Over $11B Merger

    The U.S. Department of Justice, American Airlines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc. on Wednesday expressed their interest in settling the government's challenge to the airlines' $11 billion merger, just one day after the DOJ requested a March 2014 trial date.

  10. August 22, 2013

    AA, US Air Push For Nov. Trial Date As Opposition Mounts

    American Airlines Inc. and US Airways Group Inc. on Thursday pushed for a November trial date for the U.S. Department of Justice's challenge to their $11 billion merger to bring American out of bankruptcy as local officials and business groups complained that the suit threatened jobs.

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