New American CEO Seeks to Top $1 Billion Goal for Merger Boost
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Doug Parker, poised to lead the new American Airlines Group Inc., wants to beat a $1 billion goal for added revenue and savings in the AMR Corp.-US Airways Group Inc. merger and is about to start meshing frequent-flier plans.
“I’m hoping it’s a number we can exceed,” Parker, who is now chief executive officer at US Airways, said in an interview yesterday at American’s headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. “It’s not easy. It’s not a given by any means.”