So US Airways is attempting to buy Delta. Here's the flashback in the year 2000 when UNITED announced to merge with US Airways, which turned out to be a failure and then it comes September 11.


The historical document filed in 2000, with 136 pages is attached here:

Filing Date: 20001117
Joint Application of United Air Lines, Inc., US Airways, Inc., and Allegheny Airlines, Inc. for Approval of A Transfer of Certificate Authority and Exemption(PDF)

The full documents under the Docket number 8355 are here

25 of the new proposed international routes were:

Philadelphia - Barbados
Philadelphia - Vancouver
Philadelphia - Frankfurt (2nd daily)
Before merger, US Airways planned to resume
Philadelphia - Amsterdam
and new service to
Philadelphia - Brussels

1-stop connection from Pittsburgh to:
Beijing
Tokyo
Seoul
Shanghai
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro

1-stop connection from Charlotte to:
Melbourne
Sydney
Auckland
Taipei
Seoul
new online one stop service to
Caracas
Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Buenos Aires
Santiago de Chile

Washington - Copenhagen
Washington - Bermuda

Denver - London Gatwick

Boston - Frankfurt
Boston - Tokyo

New York JFK - Frankfurt