Will US Airways look for other merger now that they have been rejected by Delta?
The answer, according to CEO Doug Parker, is no.
He is not “shopping for another merger partner…and likely will court another carrier only if other airlines start pairing up,” he told The Arizona Republic.
Parker said the airline doesn’t see another merger involving US Airways in the foreseeable future. He said the airline believed, and still does, that “Delta was the best match, in part because of the benefits of its bankruptcy status,” the paper adds.
Along with Delta, Northwest is also in bankruptcy -– but both appear to be nearing the end of their Chapter 11 stays.
Parker predicts that no new big airline mergers will be attempted unless the industry takes another dramatic downturn.
With mergers apparently out of the mix, what will US Airways focus on next?
The Republic writes that “the airline’s biggest priority remains fixing its troubled Philadelphia hub. It is a key reason US Airways’ customer-service measures are among the worst of its peers in baggage handling and customer complaints.”
Report by David Wilkening
