The merger would give a combined American and US Airways Group Inc. the ability to increase fares.
Labor disputes were reportedly part of what derailed merger discussions last week between UAL and US Airways Group.
"We're not working in partnership with the FAA, " said Robert Isom, chief operating officer at US Airways Group Inc.
The bigger winner was US Airways Group ( LCC) , which has gained 135.1 percent year to date as it pushed to new 52-week highs.
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The airlines' cry for help comes on the heels of US Airways Group's announcement that it will remove in-flight entertainment systems on domestic flights starting in November.
In the transportation sector many are speculating that American Airlines ( AAMRQ) and US Airways Group ( LCC) will merge, maybe as early as next week.
The low-fare blast is squarely aimed at siphoning off traffic from United and other legacy airlines like AMR , Delta Air Lines , Continental Airlines , Northwest Airlines and US Airways Group as the industry starts its fall season slowdown.
Using Feb. 8 as a contract implementation date could be worth millions of dollars to the US Airways pilot group.
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The major carriers have as a group raised concerns about the move with three - Delta, American, and US Airways coming out in opposition.
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The Air Transport Association (ATA), the powerful industry group that represents the country's largest commercial airlines, such as Delta, US Airways and Continental Airlines, has given the FAA's proposal only a tepid reception.
"There are definitely routes where competition will be significantly eliminated, " said Diana Moss, director of the American Antitrust Institute, a nonprofit group that aims to promote competition, at a March 19 Senate hearing on the American-US Airways deal.
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