Brown two Major Airlines announced a marriage of sorts, on this valentines day. Their combination means the field of major u. S. Carriers will shrink by one. These jetliners sporting shiny new paint jobs are among the roughly 900 planes in the American Airlines fleet and theyre about to be joined by the 622 planes currently flying for u. S. Airways. The price tag for the deal 11 billion. Creditors of americans bankrupt Parent Company a. M. R. Will own 72 of the combined airline. The merger affects some 187 million passengers who fly the two airlines annually. I grew up on u. S. Airways. Brown as well as more than 100,000 employees. Our best goal Going Forward is to make it the biggest, strongest airline in the country, and i suppose thats about to happen. Brown the combined company will keep the american name and headquarters in fort worth, texas. But it is u. S. Airways c. E. O. Doug parker who will run it. His counterpart tom horton at american will serve as chairman, but bow out aft
President s state of the Union Address, the stalemate in washington and more. Brown ray suarez gets an update on the South African olympic athlete known as blade runner charged today with murdering his girlfriend. Woodruff and we close on this valentines day with love letters from president Lyndon Johnson to bride to be lady bird. Reading them i thought, these are beautiful, these are wonderful. Thats exactly sort of thing that we all would like to receive. Brown thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank yo
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff and im judy woodruff. On the newshour tonight, we look at what the 11 billion deal means for the industry and for stock holders and for travelers. Im a little worried that some of the flight routes are going to be canceled, theyre going to change those up and we may lose some options as consumers but at the end of the day airlines have to make mone brown then, we turn to the troubled nomination of chuck hagel, president obamas choice to be secretary of defense, as republicans temporarily block a vote in the senate. Woodruff we talk to four new members of the house of representatives about the president s state of the Union Address, the stalemate in washington and more. Brown ray suarez gets an update on the South African olympic athlete known as blade runner charged today with murdering his girlfriend. Woodruff and we close on this valentines day with love letters from president Lyndon Johnson to bride to be lady bird. Reading
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff and im judy woodruff. On the newshour tonight, we look at what the 11 billion deal means for the industry and for stock holders and for travelers. Im a little worried that some of the flight routes are going to be canceled, theyre going to change those up and we may lose some options as consumers but at the end of the day airlines have to make money. Brown then, we turn to the troubled nomination of chuck hagel, president obamas choice to be secretary of defense, as republicans temporarily block a vote in the senate. Woodruff we talk to four new members of the house of representatives about the president s state of the Union Address, the stalemate in washington and more. Brown ray suarez gets an update on the South African olympic athlete known as blade runner charged today with murdering his girlfriend. Woodruff and we close on this valentines day with love letters from president Lyndon Johnson to bride to be lady bird. Readi
On this valentines day. Their combination means the field of major u. S. Carriers will shrink by one. These jetliners sporting shiny new paint jobs are among the roughly 900 planes in the American Airlines fleet and theyre about to be joined by the 622 planes currently flying for u. S. Airways. The price tag for the deal 11 billion. Creditors of americans bankrupt Parent Company a. M. R. Will own 72 of the combined airline. The merger affects some 187 million passengers who fly the two airlines annually. I grew up on u. S. Airways. Brown as well as more than 100,000 employees. Our best goal Going Forward is to make it the biggest, strongest airline in the country, and i suppose thats about to happen. Brown the combined company will keep the american name and headquarters in fort worth, texas. But it is u. S. Airways c. E. O. Doug parker who will run it. His counterpart tom horton at american will serve as chairman, but bow out after the transition the two are friends who started their