Consolidation fever took another step in the US market after Continental Airlines and United Airlines announced plans for their merger on 3 May.
Industry watchers expect more North American airline consolidation moves in the wake of Continental Airlines' success in yanking United Airlines out of the arms of US Airways to forge a merger that would leapfrog Delta Air Lines to become the largest US carrier.
The tie-up would force American Airlines into a distant third place in terms of overall traffic.
For more on the Continental/United merger, check out the following Flightglobal articles and blogs:
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Impact on US airports will be mixed in a Continental-United merger
Combined Continental and United fleet could reach 750 by 2014
United and Continental agree stock-swap merger
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Continental/United: first, second or third biggest airline in the world
Flightblogger on United and Continental
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Source: FlightGlobal.com