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mirrodie
2012-06-29, 10:06 PM
http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2012/06/21/ten-brands-that-will-disappear-in-2013


The article is about about a week old. Curious to hear thoughts.

(For the record, I always thought US Airways would have gone extinct before AA)

gonzalu
2012-06-29, 10:08 PM
It would be SHOCKING to me if AA goes the way of Pan Am and TWA, but then again, GM went bankrupt too...

megatop412
2012-06-29, 11:18 PM
Guess I should bust ba**s and get that American Retro- is that even still around?

Matt Molnar
2012-06-29, 11:59 PM
American's management is going away but the brand is not. US Airways will keep the AA brand when they take over. The US Airways brand will be the one to disappear.

gonzalu
2012-06-30, 08:37 AM
Guess I should bust ba**s and get that American Retro- is that even still around?

Yup, still around!

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mirrodie
2012-06-30, 09:47 AM
Matt, I do hope you are correct.

viapanam
2012-07-02, 10:20 PM
http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2012/06/21/ten-brands-that-will-disappear-in-2013

(For the record, I always thought US Airways would have gone extinct before AA)

For the record, I concur. And of course on a technicality, US Airways did go extinct - they are America West flying as US Airways. And from what I read, the same would happen with AA. So it would be America West flying as American Airlines. And someone actually thought deregulation would be a good thing :confused:

viapanam
2012-07-02, 10:29 PM
It would be SHOCKING to me if AA goes the way of Pan Am and TWA, but then again, GM went bankrupt too...

Truer words have rarely been uttered. As an aviation and diplomatic historian 4 December 1991 is one of the saddest days in recent history. TWA I was never fond of - but then again can you really be a fan of both Pan Am and TWA? As for GM, they survived bankruptcy - maybe AA will manage the same.