American Airlines and its creditors' committee on Friday urged a bankruptcy judge to approve the airline's restructuring plan despite an antitrust challenge from the Department of Justice, Reuters reported on Friday. AMR Corp. said in a court filing that failure to approve the restructuring would add "a destabilizing factor" to its proposal to merge with US Airways Group and pay back creditors. AMR's creditors' committee, in a separate filing, said refusal by Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane to his approval to the plan could threaten creditor support for the plan, which includes AMR's unions and most of its creditors.
