America West Prepares For Merger

[700UW]

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A one-time baggage handler turned senior manager, Hotchkiss said America West Airlines is a survivor.

"There’s a lot of us that are still around after 22 years," he says. "We carried this airline as far as we could, doing everything we can to keep it alive as possible."

But higher fuel prices and industry overcapacity have led to a merger with US Airways that begins Tuesday.

"If we did not think about merging ... who knows where we’d be six months from now," Hotchkiss said.

 

[ISP]

I especially like the part on the bottom of the article about the company having 760 airplanes.

 

[700UW]

maybe they are talking about all the express planes, lol!

 

[nycbusdriver]

"If we did not think about merging ... who knows where we’d be six months from now," Hotchkiss said.

I thought Parker made that clear months ago when the merger was first announced.

 

[Schatzee]

I thought Parker made that clear months ago when the merger was first announced.

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Apparently, he was trying to clarify for some of the mixed up employees in PHX....

 

[ClearedToPush]

Apparently, he was trying to clarify for some of the mixed up employees in PHX....

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Did you read the article????