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There is no single reason but a combination of events and reasons that led up to it. They expanded heavily and quickly in the wake of the dot.com boom and this was quickly followed by Sept 11th 2001 with 2 of their planes being involved. They had already had extensive labor disputes and given staff and pilots in particular a huge pay rise. After that fuel costs began to sky-rocket. This combination of factors along with constantly increasing competition from the likes of Southwest led to it seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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What airline merged with American Airlines?
UNITED. Since American Airlines went bankrupt, they merged with UNITED to get the money back. Although American Airlines went bankrupt and merged, They will stay in business.
Why do you want work for united airlines?
Dont! They are ****** bankrupt
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Nobody...aloha airlines is bankrupt, there will be no aloha airlines anymore...too bad.
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In the first bankruptcy in the airlines history, the official date was September 14th 2005 in Chapter 11. It emerged from this on April 30th 2007.
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