New York –Munich
from $219
Boston – Budapest
from $274
Philadelphia –Florence
from $336
Los Angeles – Geneva
from $342
Washington – Porto
from $350
Dallas/ Ft. Worth – Marseille
from $366
– Purchase your tickets by May 7, 2008
– Depart between Apr. 23 – May 15, 2008
Each Way From To
$221 Boston, MA Zurich, Switzerland
$229 Denver, CO San Jose, Costa Rica
$234 San Francisco, CA San Jose, Costa Rica
$239 Chicago, IL (ORD) Zurich, Switzerland
$254 Cincinnati, OH Zurich, Switzerland
$259 Phoenix, AZ San Jose, Costa Rica
$259 Indianapolis, IN San Jose, Costa Rica
$264 Philadelphia, PA Milan, Italy
$294 Charlotte, NC Milan, Italy
$339 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN Milan, Italy
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Purchase Ticket By Monday, April 21, 2008.
Travel Complete Travel to/from Milan and Zurich April 25, 2008 – May 21, 2008. Travel to/from San Jose is valid from April 22, 2008 – May 21, 2008.
Advance Purchase A 3-day advance purchase is required for travel to Europe.
Minimum/Maximum Stay No minimum stay; 30-day maximum stay.
Cabin Coach.
Travel On All or part of service may be on (1) US Airways, (2) regional or jet aircraft operated by US Airways Express carriers Air Midwest, Air Wisconsin, Chautauqua, Colgan, Mesa, Piedmont, PSA, Republic Airways, Trans States, (3) regional or jet aircraft operated by Mesa Airlines, (4) United Airlines(R), (5) Bahamasair, (6) Windward Islands Airways International, (7) Lufthansa, (8) Spanair, or (9) bmi.
Blackout Dates Blackouts do not apply.
Other The number of seats available for this sale is limited. All fares are subject to change until purchased.
Ticket Refundability Tickets are non-refundable.
Itinerary Changes Changes to this reservation are subject to a $100 minimum change fee per passenger for travel to/from the Caribbean and Mexico. A $200 minimum change fee per passenger applies for travel to/from Europe.
Routing Select markets may require nonstop routing.
Roundtrip Travel Required Yes.
Other Discount This is a discounted fare and may not be combinable with any other discounts. Travel vouchers, future travel awards or airchecks may not be used as a form of payment online.
Security Fee A September 11th security fee of $2.50 per flight segment will apply. A flight segment is defined as one take-off and landing.
Passenger Charge PFCs – Local airports assess PFCs up to $18 per passenger.
International Taxes Fares do not include international taxes and fees up to $56
Purchase Through usairways.com, telephone reservations, or US Airways airport or city ticket offices. Tickets purchased through US Airways telephone reservations (800-622-1015) are $35 higher. Tickets purchased at US Airways airports or city ticket offices are $45 higher. Fares purchased through travel agents may incur additional fees.
More International USAir e-savers……
Shares of both companies fall in early trading
By RUSSELL GRANTHAM, JIM THARPE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 04/14/08
Delta and Northwest airlines announced a $17.7 billion merger Monday night that will create the world’s largest carrier — headquartered in Atlanta with major hubs across the globe, including Asia and Europe.
The mega-airline, which will be called Delta, will have more than $35 billion in combined revenue and about 75,000 employees.
Officials with both airlines said there will be no layoffs of front-line employees nor immediate hub closings.
Shares of both companies fell in morning trading Tuesday after rising on premarket dealings. Northwest shares fell 59 cents, or 5.3 percent, to $10.63 in morning trading while Delta shares lost 98 cents, or 9.4 percent, to $9.50.
It is likely that the all-stock deal will unleash a series of other airline mergers that could be even larger, including a possible deal between United and Continental airlines.
“We believe that consolidation in the airline industry is inevitable, and we want to control our future,” Delta Chief Executive Richard Anderson said in a memo to employees. “Combining our companies creates an airline with the size, scale and global presence to weather economic downturns and compete long-term in the global marketplace.”
Anderson, who was CEO of Northwest from 2001 to 2004, will remain CEO of the combined companies. Other top executives of Delta also will hold key positions in the combined carrier, which still must win federal regulatory approval before it becomes a reality. Officials hope to conclude the deal before the end of the year.
Northwest CEO Doug Steenland, who will be on the new carrier’s board of directors, said he expects regulators to view the Delta-Northwest merger favorably in light of current economic conditions buffeting the industry. Four discount carriers have either shut down or declared bankruptcy in the last few weeks.
“With fuel at $110 a barrel, the airline industry looks a little different than it did a year ago,” Steenland said in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Monday night, the merger already was drawing howls of protests from Northwest pilots, who were left on the sidelines after they could not agree with Delta pilots over combining their seniority lists. Seniority determines everything from who gets the most desirable routes to who gets to fly the biggest jets for the highest pay. The thorny issue will have to be resolved as the merger progresses.
“This agreement clearly disadvantages NWA [Northwest] pilots, both with respect to economic issues and seniority list integration,” Dave Stevens, chairman of the pilots unit based near Northwest’s headquarters in suburban Minneapolis, said in a statement.
The long-expected merger was propelled by growing pressure from record jet-fuel prices and a looming recession. Atlanta-based Delta and Eagan, Minn.-based Northwest painted the deal as combination of two of the industry’s strongest carriers that will move their international ambitions ahead by a decade in a single leap.
“You cannot replicate either of us,” Anderson said Monday in the AJC interview. “Northwest cannot replace Delta in South and Central America. And we cannot replace Northwest in Asia and Japan.”
The new airline will have domestic hubs in Atlanta, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Salt Lake City, Detroit, Memphis and New York City. It will have international hubs in Amsterdam and Tokyo.
There are no immediate plans to close any hubs, a fact that could aid the new carrier when it is brought before federal regulators for approval.
However, the likelihood that the combination — the largest ever proposed among U.S. airlines — could prompt link-ups among other carriers may prompt regulators to take a close look at Delta and Northwest’s plans.
The deal will face close scrutiny by U.S. Department of Justice antitrust regulators and opposition from powerful politicians, communities and possibly employee groups. U.S. Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), who heads the House transportation committee and whose district could see the brunt of any job losses, has vowed to fight all major airline mergers as harmful to consumers and airline employees. Delta and Northwest still could be forced to abort their deal, or throw substantial assets overboard to get it approved.
The merger, which could bring capacity cuts and higher fares for customers, is also likely to be a boon for some competitors. AirTran Airways, Delta’s biggest rival in Atlanta, probably will try to snap up Northwest’s three gates at the Atlanta airport.
“We think it is a positive for the industry,” said AirTran spokesman Tad Hutcheson. “We’ll compete very effectively with the new Delta.”
The deal came after the boards of Delta and Northwest held separate meetings Monday.
It followed months of on-again, off-again talks. The carriers came close to announcing a deal in February that was later stalled when pilots unions at the two carriers failed to reach a related agreement on how to merge members’ seniority lists.
Monday, the carriers said they had instead reached a deal solely with Delta’s pilots union changing their contract to ease the merging of the two airlines. Pilots will get a 3.5 percent equity stake in the new company and a seat on the board under the pact, which will need to be ratified by the 6,000-member union. Non-pilot employees at both airlines will also share in a 4 percent equity stake, have job seniority protection and keep their existing pension plans, the companies said.
That leaves Northwest’s pilots union as the only employee group without a piece of the deal. Delta said it will also use “best efforts” to reach a deal with Northwest’s pilots union as well before the deal is finalized.
“A merger built on this unstable foundation is likely to put the combined airline in a position similar to that of US Airways,” said Stevens, the Northwest union chairman. US Airways and AmericaWest did not get pre-merger agreements from their pilots before they combined in 2005, and their pilots still are working under separate seniority lists and contracts, weighing down operational integration.
The merger won’t be final until the Justice Department signs off. That process could take months, and the outcome is far from certain.
“We are going to be running Delta as Delta for the rest of this year,” CEO Anderson said.
The companies said they will eliminate an unspecified number of redundant administrative positions. They also will have to meld flight schedules, similar computer systems and dissimilar aircraft fleets.
Delta President Ed Bastian said the carriers ultimately hope to realize $1 billion in annual gains through the merger, including about $700 million in additional revenue and $300 million to $400 million in cost savings. Delta said the combinations is expected to give a boost to its earnings in the first year — “excluding one-time costs” that could total $1 billion in cash.
The deal will be subject to approval by the two companies’ shareholders. Northwest’s shareholders will receive 1.25 shares in the new company for each old share, while Delta’s will receive one new share for each old share. The deal represents a nearly 17 percent premium for Northwest shareholders.
Notably absent from the agreement was Air France-KLM, an alliance partners with both carriers that until recently was expected to invest $750 million in the new company. All four carriers are key partners in the SkyTeam alliance, a agreement among several airlines to share routes and passenger privileges.
The Delta and Northwest executives said they no longer needed Air France-KLM’s participation because the airlines have adequate cash reserves.
“The combined entity is going to have $7 billion in liquidity at closing,” Anderson said.
However, some people familiar with the negotiations have said Delta’s and Northwest’s investors objected to their holdings being diluted by an Air France investment after the shares of both airlines plunged in recent weeks.
— Staff writers Dan Chapman and Rachel Tobin Ramos contributed to this article.
International E-Fares
Sample fares are for travel beginning Monday (April 21, 2008) through Thursday (April 24, 2008) and returning Monday (April 28, 2008) through Thursday (May 1, 2008).
Additional taxes and fees apply to the fares below.*
From: To: Each-way:
Chicago (ORD) Frankfurt (FRA) $223
Denver (DEN) London (LHR) $287
Los Angeles (LAX) Frankfurt (FRA) $271
Los Angeles (LAX) Guatemala City (GUA) $205
Los Angeles (LAX) London (LHR) $221
Washington, D.C. (IAD) Frankfurt (FRA) $203
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International E-Fares Specials
Sample fares are for travel beginning Monday (April 28, 2008) through Thursday (May 1, 2008) and returning Monday (May 5, 2008) through Thursday (May 8, 2008).
Additional taxes and fees apply to the fares below.*
From: To: Each-way:
Chicago (ORD) Amsterdam (AMS) $252
Denver (DEN) London (LHR) $292
Los Angeles (LAX) Frankfurt (FRA) $276
Los Angeles (LAX) London (LHR) $226
Washington, D.C. (IAD) Amsterdam (AMS) $232
Washington, D.C. (IAD) Brussels (BRU) $224
Washington, D.C. (IAD) Paris (CDG) $238
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Fares above are each way based on required roundtrip purchase for United Economy® travel on United Airlines®, TedSM, and United Express® carriers. Tickets purchased through United reservation office are $15 per ticket higher and tickets purchased at airport ticket counters are $20 per ticket higher.
*Additional taxes and fees: Fares do not include a $3.50 per flight segment tax or the September 11th Security Fee of $2.50 per flight segment. A flight segment is defined as one takeoff and one landing. Fares do not include Passenger Facility Charges of up to $18, which may be collected depending on the itinerary. Fares for Hawaii and Alaska do not include a $7.70 (each way) departure tax. All international fares are subject to U.S. arrival and departure taxes and agricultural, immigration and customs fees of up to $50. For travel to some countries, additional airport, transportation, embarkation, security, and passenger service taxes/surcharges of up to $175 will apply depending on destination. For return travel from some countries, fares do not include airport and/or departure taxes of up to $45, which may be collected by the foreign government.
** Portions of this service may be operated by United Express® or are code share partners.
Hurry, this offer expires April 30: coupon code SPRING301*
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Air Lingus Specials
Updated January 10, 2008
from Boston
MayFrom $269*
June From $299*
from New York JFK
May From$259*
June From $289*
Hurry! Fares Expire April 18th
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International Weekend Getaway Fares
Travel Dates & Times for Weekend Getaway Fares
epart anytime between Tuesday, April 22, 2008, and Friday, April 25, 2008.
Return anytime between Monday, April 28, 2008, and Wednesday, April 30, 2008.
Tickets must be purchased by this Sunday, April 20, 2008, 11:59 p.m. (CT).
Fares displayed are for round-trip coach class travel.
From/To/One Way Fare
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) – Buenos Aires, Argentina (EZE) $898
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) – Mexico City, Mexico (MEX) $285
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) – Santiago, Chile (SCL) $898
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL) – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (SDQ) $168
Miami, FL (MIA) – Buenos Aires, Argentina (EZE) $798
Miami, FL (MIA) – Guayaquil, Ecuador (GYE) $398
Miami, FL (MIA) – Mexico City, Mexico (MEX) $308
Miami, FL (MIA) – Quito, Ecuador (UIO) $398
Miami, FL (MIA) – Santiago, Chile (SCL) $798
Miami, FL (MIA) – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (SDQ) $168
Miami, FL (MIA) – St. Croix, USVI (STX) $300
Philadelphia, PA (PHL) – San Juan, PR (SJU) $260
San Juan, PR (SJU) – Fort-de-France, Martinique (FDF) $213
San Juan, PR (SJU) – Philadelphia, PA (PHL) $260
San Juan, PR (SJU) – St. Maarten, Netherlands AN (SXM) $213
San Juan, PR (SJU) – Tampa, FL (TPA) $178
Santiago, Dominican Republic (STI) – Miami, FL (MIA) $158
St. Croix, USVI (STX) – Miami, FL (MIA) $300
St. Maarten, Netherlands AN (SXM) – San Juan, PR (SJU) $163
Tampa, FL (TPA) – San Juan, PR (SJU) $178
Additional Fees and
Restrictions May Apply
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