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10:53 am
Thu February 14, 2013

How The US Airways Merger Will Affect Charlotte

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Early indications are that Charlotte will remain a hub for air travel, with the merger of American Airlines and U.S. Airways.
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  The early indication is that Charlotte’s airport is safe in the just-announced merger of US Airways and American Airlines. The new American Airlines will be the world's largest, with a value of 11 billion dollars and an extensive network of destinations.

When merging, airlines combine operations, which means reducing duplicative routes and changing presences in airports. US Airways operates about 90 percent of flights in and out of Charlotte-Douglas every day—it is the airline’s largest hub.

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4:29 pm
Tue October 9, 2012

Teams Pull 50-Ton Airplane For Charity

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U.S. Airways employees compete in the seventh annual Jet Pull event. The Dual Lane Demons finished with a time of 7.410.
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The 26 teams pulled this 50-ton Carolina Panthers-themed Airbus A319.
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Freight Flyers won the competition for the second year in a row with a winning time of 5.138 seconds.
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Michael Nagy, with US Airways airport customer service, dressed up as a sumo wrestler for the event.
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Captain Ed Bular leads his team at the event (and in real life). He is US Airways' senior vice president. Cary Braden, a US Airways corporate trainer, yells at the team to pull.
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Fifteen feet doesn’t sound like a lot, unless you’re pulling a 50-ton airplane. And that’s exactly what teams lined up to do at the U.S. airways hangar in Charlotte this morning. They weren’t there just to show off which team had the largest biceps. The goal was to raise money for United Way of Central Carolinas.

There were 26 teams of 20 employees, but Freight Flyers was the most anticipated team. After all, they’re the defending champs.

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