May 16 - Eight years after US Airways and America West merged, flight attendant union leaders gathered in Charlotte this week to unify their representation under one master executive council.

Feb 21 - The job of merging the various technology systems that help keep American Airlines parent AMR Corp. and US Airways Group Inc. flying could take several years and cost millions of dollars, the Dallas Business Journal reports.

Feb 14 - American Airlines and US Airways have agreed to merge in an $11 billion deal that would create the world's biggest airline - the seventh merger sine 2005 in an industry that faces rising gas prices and stiffer competition. 

DEC 15 - Today we congratulate the United pilots on the ratification of a new combined Agreement

DEC 15 - A majority of the 11,000 active pilots at United ratified a Labor Agreement that will cover the combined group.

Sept 29 - The turbulence rocking the integration of United and Continental airlines this year has largely cleared, observers say.

Sept 21 - Appaloosa Management LP has positioned itself to benefit from a possible merger between bankrupt AMR Corp. and US Airways Group Inc. after taking stakes in both airlines, three people familiar with the matter said.

Sept 4 - US Airways and American Airlines have taken a key step toward a possible merger, the two companies said Friday.

Aug 31 - US Airways and American Airlines have taken a key step toward a possible merger, the two companies said Friday.

Aug 8 - While Chief Executive Officer Doug Parker has said US Airways Group Inc. doesn’t need to combine to be successful, he also confronts weaknesses that only a merger can remedy.

Aug 6 - US Airways in recent weeks has set an aggressive flight path for its plan to merge with bankrupt American Airlines.

Aug 5 - A merger between bankrupt American Airlines and US Airways may not be inevitable, but something has to change at the Fort Worth carrier if it is going to survive, industry analysts say.

Jul 25 - American Airlines CEO Tom Horton wants to set the record straight: It was he who approached US Airways CEO Doug Parker about the possibility of combining the two airlines, not the other way around.

Jul 20 - American Airlines' bankrupt parent AMR Corp won court approval on Thursday to extend through December 28 its exclusive right to present a plan to emerge from bankruptcy.

Jul 18 - In its battle to merge with a reluctant AMR, US Airways got off to an early lead in the public perception arena. But lately AMR, the parent of American Airlines, has been fighting back with continuing reports of improved financial results.

Jul 18 - Pinnacle Airlines Corp. flight attendants have settled a union representation battle and effectively handed the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) the task of negotiating a major downsizing.

July 17 - US Airways on Wednesday will roll out the heavy artillery in its battle to force a merger with bankrupt American Airlines.

July 17 - We were encouraged by American’s announcement last week that it is evaluating merger options. Securing a fair process to evaluate strategic alternatives has long been a goal of ours.

Jul 13 - US Airways says it is now a creditor of American Airlines parent AMR Corp., the company it's trying to force into a merger.

Jul 12 - American Airlines is weighing various options for its future, but most analysts say the nation’s No. 3 airline only has one viable choice: combine with No. 5 US Airways.