US Airways and American Airlines are cleared for merger to become world's biggest airline

There once was PanAm - the sole American Airlines that landed on almost every destination in the world. But as it happens with ultra big enterprises that these crumble one day - so did Pan Am one day.

Then American Airlines and US Airways became the leading airlines of the USA. Now it has been decided that these two airlines be merged together to become world's biggest airline of the world. Would this merged alliance one day collapse too, like Pan Am - only time will tell.

A judge refused to block a merger between American Airlines and US Airways on Saturday evening, saying a bankruptcy judge correctly rejected arguments made by a lawyer for some consumers.

It may be added that earlier a San Francisco attorney Joseph Alioto argued that the deal would harm fliers because it would result in less competition and higher prices.

The merger means American, United, Delta and Southwest will control more than 80 per cent of the U.S. market. A series of mergers in the industry since 2005 has reduced nine big airlines to four

After completion of the required divestitures, the combined company expects to operate 44 fewer daily departures at Reagan and 12 fewer daily departures at LaGuardia than the approximately 290 daily DCA departures and 175 daily LGA departures that American and US Airways operate today.

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Sick woman dies in Hungary after not being allowed by airlines for being 'too obese'

Vilma Soltesz, 56, a U.S woman died on holiday in Hungary after being refused a seat on three flights back to New York because she was too heavy to fly, according to her husband.

The airline said it did not have a seat-belt extender for her according to her husband

Vilma from New York, had weighed about 425lbs, had only one leg and used a wheelchair
She died from health complications in Hungary nine days after she was kicked off the first of three flights and now her death could now be the cause of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the airlines.

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The Hungary-born couple had traveled to Hungary to stay in their holiday home, a trip they made every year.

Read more about the tragedy at the Daily Mail
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UK airlines hit by London Olympics

The 2012 Olympic Games have had a detrimental effect on airlines in Britain, with traffic at London Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, being down 4.4 percent year-on-year in July.

Airports operator BAA, which owns five airports in the UK, said it suffered a 4.1 percent drop in passenger traffic in July as the London Olympics deterred business passengers and tourists from travelling. 

The fall in passenger traffic included a drop of 4.4 percent at Heathrow to 6.6 million passengers as a particularly stark 6.6 percent drop in passengers on European flights to and from Heathrow was also reported. 

Read more: Press TV

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Top China airlines to ignore EU carbon tax

[ via BBC News Business ] 5 Jan

China's biggest airlines will not pay a new European Union tax aimed at cutting carbon emissions, their trade body has said.

On 1 January, the EU brought airlines under its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which levies a charge on flights based on their carbon emissions.

The tax has been criticised by China, India, the US and Canada.

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Grounded for life: JS Air finally closes its doors

[ via The Express Tribune ] 5 Jan

A year after a deadly accident killed 21 people, JS Air – reputed to be have been one of the leading chartered air service providers in Pakistan – has decided to shut down its operations after several of its customers were scared away towards its competitors, senior company officials told The Express Tribune.

JS Air crash - Nov 5 2010

“We were not making any money so there was no option but to cease the operations a couple of weeks back,” said Munawar Alam Siddiqui, chairman of JS Air. “All our clients switched to other service providers.”

JS Air’s downfall started when one of its Bombardier Beach 1900 aircraft crashed minutes after take-off from Karachi airport on November 5, 2010, killing all 21 people on board. The victims included 15 engineers from the Italian energy firm ENI who were going to Bhit gas field in Dadu.

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