The Department of Justice (DOJ) is in its final deliberations about the antitrust implications of the merger between US Airways and American Airlines to form The New American Airlines. The US Airways' stockholders have approved the merger, it appears that American Airlines' stockholders and bondholders will as well, and the Department of Justice is the big question mark. DOJ is the single entity that can scuttle this misguided (from a consumer's point of view) merger.

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