美國航空與全美航空達成合並協議大綱

American Airlines, the biggest passenger airline in the United States, has reached an agreement to merge with smaller competitor US Airways, creating the world's largest airline.

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The boards of the two airlines agreed to the merger late Wednesday night. A formal announcement will be made Thursday.

The combined company, which will retain the American Airlines name, will have about 94,000 employees and a fleet of more than 900 planes servicing thousands of flights every day.

The American Airlines-US Airways merger is the latest of its kind in the U.S. aviation industry in the past decade, leaving just four major major U.S. airlines -- American, Delta, United and Southwest.美國最大的載客航空公司美國航空公司(American Airlines)已與規模較小的競爭者全美航空公司(US Airways)達成一項協議，合併爲全球最大的航空公司。

這兩家航空公司的董事會於星期三晚間達成合並協議，並將於星期四正式宣佈這一決定。

合併後的公司將沿用美國航空公司的名稱，新公司將擁有大約9萬4千名僱員和900多架飛機，每天有數千次航班。

美國航空與全美航空的合併是過去10年來美國民航業界最近的一起合併，此後美國將只有四家主要航空公司，即美國航空、達美航空(Delta)、聯合航空(United)和西南航空(Southwest)。