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If US Airways ever does orchestrate a merger with American Airlines, the company will already have several merger-related domain names ready to go.

The Associated Press writes "US Airways confirmed Tuesday that the company registered several domain addresses that include the names of both airlines, including usairways-american.com and american-usairways.com." Others, according to The Wall Street Journal, include USandAA.com and OneworldOneairline.com.

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US Airways spokesman Andrew Christie tells AP the airline bought the domain names to prevent anyone else from buying them and using them "in a way that might negatively impact our brand."

Still, the Journal notes US Airways already acknowledged in January that it hired an investment firm and a law firm to help gauge a possible bid for American parent AMR.

In a statement to the Journal, US Airways says while it "is not imperative that US Airways participate in further consolidation we are interested in studying potential value-enhancing opportunities, including a possible US Airways-AMR transaction."

However, if US Airways does attempt to merge with AA or any other airline, President Scott Kirby says the company won't repeat the mistakes it made in its failed hostile bid for Delta in 2006.

While not specifically addressing American as a potential partner, Kirby says that any future consolidation attempt would have to have at least some support on both sides.

"We can't do it alone," Kirby is quoted as saying by Bloomberg News. "It's important, in an ideal world, to have the constituents of the bankruptcy, principally labor, on your side. An outright hostile transaction won't work."

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