Originally Posted by
formerdal
You're joking right? AMR doesn't have 25% of the east coast presence US Air does (the merger is worthwhile simply for this reason if nothing else). the only other airline with an expansive east coast presence is...Delta. US air has like twice as many European destinations as AA and AA brings in the best Latin and South American network in existance plus hubs at all the major business markets in the US....your right they wont be powerful at all...
I didn't say they won't be powerful at all. I said I'm not sure how well it's actually going to combine. The strong points network wise are very heavily weighed toward AA. You're putting words in my mouth.
US has around 18 or 19 active destinations in Europe (including TLV)... AA has 11. That's really not that big of a difference. US doesn't go to Asia or India. They only have one route to South America. I was saying that US doesn't contribute much... PHL is very proximate to NYC. CLT is a good hub for US but may be mitigated in the merger. DCA is their greatest contribution, but AA already has a reasonable presence there.
What I'm saying is this: if our merger was 1+1= ~1.6, theirs will be more like 1+1=1.3