Us Airways Merger

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Summary The main purpose of this paper is to critically review the story of one airline, that is, US Airways, which came together with American Airways in the year 2013 to merge and become one of the biggest airline in history. However, this paper essentially covers how US Airways participated in the creation of the airline and how it overcame some obstacles. The writer briefly explains how both the airlines were born. The birth of the American was in Dallas in 1934, Smith C.R, and Cord E.L created it. The birth of the US Airways was in Pittsburgh in the year 1939. Ed Colodny created it and it was the actual opposite of the American. This paper will specifically cover US Air, which was pioneered by Uncle Ed Colodny. He was just eighteen years …show more content…

In 2000 United Airways and US Airways decided to merge but the merge failed after it was declined by the Justice department claiming that competition would ease, which meant that the airlines would increase their fares and harm passengers. The airline economy fell literally after the collapse of the merge and this did not end until September 2001 when terrorist’s attack came shortly after the bankruptcy. US Airways was affected greatly when Washington’s Reagan National Airport was closed for three weeks and US Airways was the dominant of the bearer. What Wolf anticipated never happened and followed his retirement leaving the airline with a new CEO, Rakesh Gangwal who later in November 2001, resigned. Instead, Wolf run the airline in day-to-day role until March 2002 when David Siegel took over as the new …show more content…

I can however say that, it is due to these setbacks that US Airways encountered that made it strong and able to close a big deal with the American. Going through bankruptcy and terrorist attacks simultaneously almost made the company fall but due to the consistent and critical decision making of its management, the company still operates. Before the merge with the American, US Airlines had several Chief Executive Officers who some made some wins and some fell it out of agreements with its lenders. This however, was how the company was able to become creative and merge with another big firm to create an even bigger company. Through the management of smart, social and engaging CEOs, the employees were treated as respectfully as they should and this made the company going and it met its customer’s needs. However, during the Wolf’s management he was not an engaging leader like the likes of Ed Colodny and did not know his worker’s needs that then prompted to a protest that somehow delayed the firm’s performance. Shortly later, the company recovered since the firm did not go through a major

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