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Can you remember the last time you flew when the plane wasn’t full? The knee-room wasn’t squished? The baggage charges didn’t make you groan? Well, flying in America just took another turn.
American Airlines and US Airways announcing their giant merger to make the biggest air carrier in the world. The latest merger in a string that has snuffed out TWA, Northwest, Continental, Air Tran, ATA, ValuJet to leave just three majors plus Southwest flying at full scale. What does that mean for you?
This hour, On Point: Flying in the age of fewer, bigger airlines.
-Tom Ashbrook
Guests
Ben Mutzabaugh, USA Today aviation editor and editor of the “Today in the Sky” blog. (@TodayInTheSky)
Charlie Leocha, director of the Consumer Travel Alliance. (@Leocha)
Mary Schlangenstein, airline reporter for Bloomberg News.
Charlie Leocha is the President of Travelers United. He has been working in Washington, DC, for the past 14 years with Congress, the Department of Transportation, and industry stakeholders on travel issues. He was the first consumer representative to the Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protections appointed by the Secretary of Transportation from 2012 through 2018.
