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AMR Corporation, et al.

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Case Number:

1:11-bk-15463

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New York Southern

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  1. March 06, 2013

    US Airways Pilots Sue To Stop Challenge To $11B AMR Merger

    The US Airline Pilots Association filed an adversary complaint against a group representing the former pilots of America West Airlines Inc. in the AMR Corp. bankruptcy case in New York federal court Wednesday, seeking to preemptively scuttle a challenge to AMR's $11 billion merger with US Airways Group Inc.

  2. March 05, 2013

    DOJ After More Info On $11B American, US Airways Merger

    The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking more information from AMR Corp. and US Airways Group Inc. about their proposed $11 billion merger with respect to its potential antitrust implications, the airlines said Monday.

  3. February 25, 2013

    AMR Looks For Thumbs-Up On Merger From Bankruptcy Court

    AMR Corp. on Friday officially sought New York bankruptcy court approval for its $11 billion merger with US Airways Group Inc. as well as for revised stock and claims trading procedures that would allow it to carry over billions in operating losses for tax purposes.

  4. February 22, 2013

    AMR Will Take US Bank's $1.5B Financing Row To 2nd Circ.

    Bankrupt airline operator AMR Corp. will ask the Second Circuit to hear U.S. Bank Trust NA's forthcoming appeal of AMR's $1.5 billion financing deal after a New York bankruptcy judge ruled Friday that the dispute constitutes a matter of public importance.

  5. February 21, 2013

    Travelport, American Duel Over Conspiracy Claim Deadlines

    Travelport Ltd. on Thursday told a New York bankruptcy judge that American Airlines Inc. had deliberately set a trap to block the travel services company from bringing new counterclaims in a Texas antitrust suit that the airline says will be trial-ready within months.

  6. February 15, 2013

    AMR Looks To Take US Bank Fight Straight To 2nd Circ.

    AMR Corp. on Thursday urged a bankruptcy judge to send directly to the Second Circuit a challenge brought by U.S. Bank NA over the airline's $1.5 billion financing deal to pay off debts, saying the issues at stake are important to the public and should be resolved at the circuit level.

  7. January 23, 2013

    AMR Gets OK On Purchase Deals With Boeing, Airbus, Others

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved four settlements allowing AMR Corp. to assume aircraft and engine purchase agreements with Boeing Co., General Electric Co., Rolls-Royce PLC and Airbus SAS that the bankrupt company said is critical to its eventual exit from bankruptcy.

  8. January 17, 2013

    American Airlines' $1.5B Financing, Debt Repayment OK'd

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Thursday greenlighted bankrupt American Airlines Inc. parent AMR Corp.'s bid for $1.5 billion in financing to repay debts from certain prepetition financing transactions, over the objections of U.S. Bank Trust NA, a loan trustee for the deals.

  9. January 15, 2013

    AA Pilots See $522M Silver Lining In Eyed US Air Merger

    Labor contracts for American Airlines Inc. pilots could be increased by $522 million over six years if the airline consummates a potential merger with U.S. Airways Group Inc. that could be AA's ticket out of bankruptcy, the airlines' pilot unions said Tuesday.

  10. December 19, 2012

    AMR's New CBA, Pension Deal With Pilots Get Judge's OK

    American Airlines Inc. parent AMR Corp. won two labor battles Wednesday when a New York bankruptcy judge approved a new collective bargaining agreement with pilots and allowed the debtor to eliminate lump-sum retirement benefits for pilots.