Unions call on AMR board to support U.S. Air merger

(Reuters) - Three labor unions at American Airlines are appealing directly to the company's board of directors to support a merger with rival carrier US Airways Group , a step that managers at carrier's parent, AMR Corp , have so far resisted.

Three labor unions at American Airlines are appealing directly to the company's board of directors to support a merger with rival carrier US Airways Group , a step managers at carrier's parent, AMR Corp ...

Three labor unions at American Airlines are appealing directly to the company's board of directors to support a merger with rival carrier US Airways Group , a step that managers at carrier's parent, AMR ...

(Reuters) - Labor groups at bankrupt American Airlines said on Friday they support a potential merger with rival US Airways Group Inc in a deal they say would save more jobs than a plan by parent AMR Corp to reorganize as a stand-alone carrier.

DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines and US Airways will merge and create the world's biggest airline. The boards of both companies approved the deal late Wednesday, according to four people close to the situation.

Directors at AMR Corp.’s American Airlines and US Airways Group Inc. approved an US$11-billion merger that will create the world’s largest carrier and shrink the U.S. industry to three dominant companies, people familiar with the matter said. The airlines’ boards voted today after the two sides agreed to final terms, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. Those decisions set the stage for an announcement tomorrow, the people said.