Why American Airlines appears ripe for acquisition
US Airways , spurned in its quest for a major partner at least three times in the last dozen years, has said it's interested in exploring its options with American, which became the last of the nation's major carriers to file for bankruptcy protection when it did so in November.
Delta Air Lines , already the world's second-biggest carrier, has retained Blackstone Group , an investment and advisory firm, to watch American as it reorganizes under bankruptcy court protection.
COLUMN: Ask Matt: Is American Airlines a good stock to buy?But any proposal to buy American, invest in it or scoop up its assets is probably months away, industry and bankruptcy experts say, as American is given time to hammer out its own restructuring plan. A marriage of the U.S. ' third-largest carrier with another airline could have a series of hurdles to overcome, from labor problems to antitrust concerns about what could be the last megamerger in an increasingly consolidated U.S. airline industry.
JetBlue has 25 percent of the passenger market at Logan, followed by Delta Airlines with 14.4 percent and US Airways with 13.9 percent. Southwest has 5.9 percent of the market, and AirTran Airways has 3.9 percent.
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