Future American CEO Doug Parker, also speaking at the JP Morgan conference, acknowledged Monday that the carrier will not have as many routes to Asia as either Delta or United, which benefit from having acquired the Tokyo Narita hubs established by merger partner Northwest and defunct Pan American World Airways.
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The fastest growing airline in the world is Etihad Airways, from United Arab Emirates, it says.
There are three major frequent flyer alliances that bring together the loyalty programs from several different airlines: Star Alliance (United, Continental, US Airways, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, and 21 more), One World (American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, and nine others) and Sky Team (Delta, Air France, KLM, plus 10 more).
The U.S. Airways Dividend Miles World MasterCard, for example, advertises up to 20, 000 bonus miles.
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Including the Thai Airways crash, the world has seen 20 accidents involving the loss of a commercial airliner in 1998, a number similar to that for the previous two years, according to Airclaims, a London-based firm of aviation insurance loss-adjusters.
Feb. 13, 2013: The boards of American and US Airways approve a merger creating the world's biggest airline.
The Japanese transport ministry said All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines, the world's two largest Dreamliner operators, have already begun installing modified lithium ion batteries on their 787 jets.
Etihad beat 16 competitors, including British Airways, for the leading airline in the world according to travel professionals and consumers.
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Last year, Etihad Airways was ranked as one of the best airlines in the world by World Travel Awards.
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Both British Airways (BA) and Air France, which operate the world's fleet of Concordes, have said their supersonic service will resume once the jets are authorised to fly.
Labor played a key role in enabling the historic merger between US Airways and American, which will create the largest airline in the world.
United is already by some measures the world's biggest airline, and a takeover of domestic-focused US Airways could have given it unhealthy dominance in certain regional markets, regulators feared.
American Airlines and US Airways have announced plans to merge, in a deal that would form the world's biggest airline.
And Willie Walsh, the chief executive of British Airways, has said the restrictions were "damaging the UK's reputation around the world from a business perspective".
Despite a near duopoly on domestic routes with All Nippon Airways--it can cost more to fly between Japanese cities than halfway around the world--JAL is a persistent money loser.
The old dogfighters like Frank Lorenzo (once of Continental and Eastern) and Lord King (of British Airways) have given way to a younger generation of marketeers, more suited to the world of virtual airlines, alliances and empowerment programmes.
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