American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) and partner US Airways (Phoenix Sky Harbor) have announced their respective cargo divisions - American Airlines Cargo and US Airways Cargo - will complete their merger effective Monday, October 20, 2014. The development will result in the use of a single air waybill using the American Airlines prefix '001'.

"The combination of our networks is only the beginning of many exciting changes built around your needs. With initiatives like e-freight, a new state-of-the-art pharmaceutical facility in Philadelphia International, and 70 new widebody and hundreds of narrowbody aircraft on the way, we are modernizing the cargo business with you in mind," Jim Butler, American Cargo's president, said.

The American Airlines Group (AAG) was born in late 2013 after AMR's American Airlines exited bankruptcy and merged with US Airways Group. The airline groups together will form the world's largest airline operating more than 6'700 daily flights to 336 locations in 56 countries worldwide, with about USD40billion in operating revenue. It will also employ over 100,000 employees, with plans to take delivery of 607 new aircraft.

Late last month, American's COO Robert Isom said AAG expected to receive regulatory approval for plans to consolidate its operations under a single operating certificate in the second quarter of next year.