Sentence examples for airline combinations from inspiring English sources

He said few new airline combinations were likely to be proposed for some time.

The combination of American and US Airways, which would create the top passenger airline, is likely to be the last of the major airline combinations.

[C4.] British Airways Ends Merger Talks British Airways and KLM abandoned their merger talks after months of discussions failed to produce a workable blueprint for what would have been one of the most ambitious airline combinations.

British Airways and KLM abandoned their merger talks today after months of discussions failed to produce a workable blueprint for what would have been one of the most ambitious airline combinations.

The culprit could be anything from sabotage to an inflight fire to a catastrophic structural failure of some kind -- or, as is so common in airline catastrophes, some combination or compounding of human error and/or mechanical malfunction.

The most recent big airline merger, the combination in 2005 of US Airways and America West Airlines, is still caught up in disputes over pilot seniority.

The guide lists on-time percentages for major airlines, but most combinations do not list the percentage for both legs; for example, the 1 10 p.m. departure on United is on time 80 to 89percentt of the time, but the connecting flight from Dulles International Airport, on Atlantic Coast Airlines, doing business as United Express, does not list an on-time percentage.

If the merger is approved, it is expected to usher in a round of consolidation in the airline industry, with possible combinations of Delta and Continental and of American and Northwest.

Mr. Anderson said he watched the last big airline merger, the 2005 combination of US Airways and America West Airlines, initially perform well and then struggle much of last year in attempts to knit the two parts closer together.

The root of today's air travel problem is a combination of airline deregulation and airplane design.

But some unusual combinations of airlines and cities can slip through the cracks, leaving reservation systems unable to calculate the proper surcharge.