美國航空與全美航空達成合並協議大綱

American Airlines, the biggest passenger airline in the United States, has reached an agreement to merge with smaller competitor US Airways, creating the world's largest airline.

The boards of the two airlines agreed to the merger late Wednesday night. A formal announcement will be made Thursday.

The combined company, which will retain the American Airlines name, will have about 94,000 employees and a fleet of more than 900 planes servicing thousands of flights every day.

The American Airlines-US Airways merger is the latest of its kind in the U.S. aviation industry in the past decade, leaving just four major major U.S. airlines -- American, Delta, United and Southwest.美國最大的載客航空公司美國航空公司(American Airlines)已與規模較小的競爭者全美航空公司(US Airways)達成一項協議，合併爲全球最大的航空公司。

這兩家航空公司的董事會於星期三晚間達成合並協議，並將於星期四正式宣佈這一決定。

合併後的公司將沿用美國航空公司的名稱，新公司將擁有大約9萬4千名僱員和900多架飛機，每天有數千次航班。

美國航空與全美航空的合併是過去10年來美國民航業界最近的一起合併，此後美國將只有四家主要航空公司，即美國航空、達美航空(Delta)、聯合航空(United)和西南航空(Southwest)。