Integration and Operations Overview
Our overall integration timeline is tracking well against other
recent airline mergers
Alaska
UNITED
Continental
Airlines
SOUTHWEST
Key milestone schedule
▲ Delta
AA
(Number of months from deal close)
AmericanAirlines
Virgin
america
nwa
airTran
U'S AIRWAYS
Single Passenger Service
16 months
1st
System (PSS)
16 months
17 months
43 months
22 months
Single website
16 months
1st
16 months
17 months
42 months
22 months
Full codeshare
At close
1st
2 months
11 months
n/a
3 months
Frequent Flyer Program (FFP)
integration
13 months
2nd
12 months
17 months
42 months
15 months
Single Operating Certificate
13 months
2nd
15 months
13 months
10 months
16 months
Single operations center (OCC)
15 months
3rd
6 months
12 months
n/a
n/a
Note: *Status match for Elevate members into Mileage Plan at 1 month; AS elites recognized on VX metal at 8 months; full elite benefits reciprocity at PSS (~16 months); all figures +/- 1 month due to rounding
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