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Turmoil on radar for UAL alliance; US Air network-sharing accord being renegotiated.(News)(United Airlines)

Crain's Chicago Business, November, 2005 by Johnsson, Julie

Byline: JULIE JOHNSSON A partnership worth about $200 million annually to United Airlines is up in the air as US Airways merges with a United rival. US Airways is reinventing itself as a low-cost carrier as it melds operations with America West Airlines. It hasn't decided if it will extend a lucrative "code-sharing'' contract with United, which expires in early 2006.

A proxy for the merger to which United and US Airways once aspired, the code-sharing agreement allows them to sell tickets on each other's flights, greatly expanding their geographic reach. But the partners, whose networks and service once complemented each other neatly, increasingly appear mismatched now that US Airways has joined forces with America West to create a nationwide discount...

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