The new American Airlines will keep its current flag tail design rather than its original eagle logo The Tulsa World reported Thursday. The airlines tried out the selection for the past year.
Thirty-one thousand three-hundred and fifty-five employees out of 60,418 voted for the new design which was introduced prior to the acquisition of U.S. Airways and the old American Airlines. The number surpassed the original design by two-thousand three-hundred votes The World reported.
"It was very close but the majority has spoken and the new flag tail will proudly represent American Airlines - and all of us - for years to come," Doug Parker CEO said in a letter to employees the Tulsa World reported. "As I said early in this process, I was indifferent as to which option we chose, I just wanted you to be able to choose."
The airline signed an agreement with Embraer which called for 60 Embraer E175 type aircraft with options for a maximum of 90 American said in press release last week. The airline has already made confirmations for 30 Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets, and could get a maximum of 40 more if it chooses.
A bankruptcy court judge authorized a lawsuit settlement for the acquisition last month, and the former American Airlines came out of bankruptcy protection.
The two airlines will also now give up stations at Washington D.C.'s Reagan National Airport, in a move that will decrease the company's departures 15 percent. Stations will also be vacated at New York's La Guardia for a seven percent slash.
The airlines will also move from two gates at Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Boston, and Miami, and keep their main bases for a minimum of three years. Operations will also continue in Virginia, Michigan, Florida, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee for a minimal five year period. Employees from both airlines will be implemented over the next two years.
Both airlines moved the date to when they and the justice department could end the agreement that would initially combine the two air travel companies.
The justice department said Aug. 13 that if the two airline companies merged, there would be an increase in fares, and fees, limit the choices consumers make when traveling by air, and create a situation where over 80 percent of domestic airline travel would be run by the top four airline companies in the United States The Wall Street Journal reported.
