1.   Combining them would make the merged airline the second-largest flying out of Kansas City, after discounter Southwest Airlines.

2.   The merged airline, he said, might even add commuter flights.

3.   In addition, a number of domestic flights would be chopped as the merged airline ended overlapping services in a bid to cut costs.

4.   The carriers also announced that the newly merged airline would be renamed Japan Airlines System from later this year.