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Airlines merging: Good or bad for consumers?

3:18 PM ET Wed, 14 Aug 2013

CNBC's Phil LeBeau has the latest details in the U.S Airways and AMR airlines merger. And Charles Leocha, The Consumer Travel Alliance; and Gordon Bethune, former Continental CEO, debate whether mergers and consolidation in the airline industry is good for the flying public?

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