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1 CIS S 52159
TITLE: United
Airlines-US Airways Merger
CIS-NO: 2001-S521-59
SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-1016
DATE: June 24, 2000
LENGTH: iii+26 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1042-A; 1042-B
SUDOC: Y4.J89/2:S.HRG.106-1016
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-27410-3.
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. J-106-98. Hearing in
Allentown, Pa., before the Subcom on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition
to examine antitrust and competition issues related to proposed
merger between United Airlines and US Airways,
and to assess implications of the merger for Pennsylvania and
the Lehigh Valley region.
Examines concerns that proposed
merger will further reduce competition among airlines operating
out of Lehigh Valley International Airport.
CONTENT-NOTATION: United Airlines
proposed merger with US Airways, antitrust issues and
implications for Pa
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON ANTITRUST, BUSINESS RIGHTS, AND COMPETITION.
SENATE; ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION; AIRLINES; ANTITRUST LAW; FEDERAL-STATE
RELATIONS; FEDERAL-LOCAL RELATIONS; AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS;
ALLENTOWN, PA.; COMPETITION; PENNSYLVANIA
01-S521-59 TESTIMONY NO: 1
July 24, 2000 p. 3-15
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
GATES, ELMER (Chairman, Lehigh Valley Economic
Development Corp)
DONAHUE, JIM (Deputy Attorney General,
Pennsylvania)
DOUGHTY, GEORGE F. (Executive Director,
Lehigh Northampton Airport Authority)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Anticipated impact of United Airlines
proposed merger with US Airways on Pennsylvania and the Lehigh
Valley Region, including concerns about impact on Lehigh Valley International
Airport operations.
CONTENT NOTATION:
United Airlines proposed merger
with US Airways, antitrust issues and implications for Pa
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE
01-S521-59 TESTIMONY NO: 2
July 24, 2000 p. 15-26
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
LONGMUIR, SHELLEY A. (Senior Vice President, International
Regulatory and Governmental Affairs, United Airlines)
NAGIN, LARRY (Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs,
US Airways)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Anticipated positive effects of United
Airlines proposed merger with US Airways, with
refutation of concerns about merger impact on the Lehigh Valley
region.
CONTENT NOTATION:
United
Airlines proposed merger with US Airways, antitrust
issues and implications for Pa
LOAD-DATE: December 24,
2001 
