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What Will An Airline Merger Mean For Holiday Travel?

Yesterday, American Airlines and U.S. Airways reached a settlement with the Justice Department, avoiding a trial that could have stopped the $11 billion deal to combine the two airlines.

Now the two carriers are free to combine and create the world’s largest airline, but they must make room for low-cost competitors at seven airports.

NPR’s  Marilyn Geewax joins  Here & Now’s Meghna Chakrabarti to discuss what the merger entails and how it could affect holiday travel. 

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