Reglikedomain industry desk

Merger with U.S. Airways is a go, suggest domain registrations — American Airlines

Firm registers over a dozen domain names for airline merger.

[Update: Now domains related to an American Airlines and Delta or United merger have been registered.]

U.S. Airways has been rumored as a potential acquirer of American Airlines since the latter went into bankruptcy protection. Over two dozen recent domain registrations suggest that the buyout is very likely, if not a done deal.

On Friday, the same day American parent firm AMR asked for an extension on its bankruptcy reorganization, American Airlines or U.S. Airways registered a number of domains for the combined entity. The domains were registered through DNStinations, an affiliate of brand protection firm MarkMonitor.

Among the domains registered:

american-usairways.com, .net, and .org
americanairlinesusairways.com, .net, and .org
americanusairways.net (the .com was registered by someone else in 2010)
usairways-american.com, .net, and .org
usairwaysamerican.com, .net, and .org
usairwaysamericanairlines.com, .net, and .org
usandaa.com, .net, and .org

The firm also registered domains playing on the “AA” theme. These domains would likely be used to promote the value of the combined entity:

aadvantageofus.com, .net, and .org
advantageofus.com, .net, and .org
oneworldoneairline.com, .net, and .org

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