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More airline mergers to come?

Submitted by Jon on 27 Feb 2010

United States

The President of the Air Line Pilots Association, ALPA, believes it is likely we will see more airline mergers over the next few years. Captain John Prater also hopes that over half of the 38 airlines with ALPA representatives would, with the support of the Unions, back any mergers that would result in job saving oppurtunities. This possibility does not just relate to the legacy carriers as Prater believes it likely we will see some low cost carrier link ups as well.

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