Airline Industry
DALLAS — Federal regulators have hit American Airlines with $300,000 in new penalties over maintenance issues.
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American Airlines
By Mary Schlangenstein
American Airlines’ flight attendants requested federal approval to end contract talks, a step toward the first strike at a major U.S. carrier in almost five years.
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US Airline Industry
A third airline is requesting to be exempt from a new federal rule that limits the time passengers can be held sitting in a plane on the runway due to construction at a local airport.
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American Airlines Penalties
By Ozgur Tore
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is seeking to collect three proposed civil penalties totaling $787,500 from American Airlines for maintenance violations.
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American Airlines
DALLAS — The union representing mechanics and other ground workers at American Airlines is asking federal officials to let them take a big step closer toward a possible strike against the nation's s
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AA New Labor Contract
DALLAS — American Airlines' chief financial officer admits his company and its pilots' union are "far apart" on a new labor contract.
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BA-AA Trans-Atlantic Alliance
By Stephanie Bodoni and Erik Larson
British Airways Plc and AMR Corp.’s American Airlines offered to give up at least four takeoff and landing slots in the U.S. and U.K. to win approval for their proposed trans-Atlantic alliance.
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American Airlines
The Association of Professional Flight Attendants is a significant step closer to a strike after the union and American Airlines failed to reach an agreement by the end of a five-day bargaining sessio
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Disruption On American Airlines Flight
Two Royal Air Force fighter jets were dispatched after reports a passenger was trying to get into the cockpit of an American Airlines jet bound for Heathrow Airport, airline and military officials sai
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Nonstop Flights Beginning In April
By eTN Staff Writer
American Airlines announced today that it will expand its international presence in New York this spring with three new routes between John F.
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American Airlines Possible Strike
By DAVID KOENIG
DALLAS — The union representing ground workers at American Airlines wants to take a big step toward a strike against the nation's second-largest airline.
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AA Re-Starts Haiti Service On Friday
DALLAS — American Airlines says it will resume regular flights to Haiti on Friday, the first commercial flights since the island nation was hit by an earthquake Jan. 12.
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Airline Industry
By reuters.com
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) gave its tentative approval to grant antitrust immunity to American Airlines and four oneworld partners to form a global alliance.
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American Airlines
By Melanie Nayer
Starting Feb. 22, American will no longer offer the free standby option for its non-elite passengers.
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JAL & CO
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
The announcement by Japan Air Lines to finally keep its partnership with American Airlines –and consequently with Oneworld Alliance- puts an end to a soaring battle between American and Delta Air Li
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FAA May Fine American Airlines
The Federal Aviation Administration’s two-year investigation of safety problems at American Airlines could result in an eight-figure fine for the Dallas, Texas-based airline.
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Inflight Charges
American Airlines will begin charging $8 for blankets starting on May 1. The airline will not have blankets available at all for flights less than two hours.
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AMR-Japan Airlines Ties
By Mary Schlangenstein and Mary Jane Credeur
AMR Corp.’s American Airlines will expand its ties to Japan Airlines Corp.
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Japan Airlines Sticks With Oneworld
Japan Airlines, after declaring bankruptcy last month, appeared set on Monday to keep its current tie-up with American Airlines and end talks to defect to the world's biggest carrier Delta.
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Airline Industry
By Joan E. Solsman
AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, said traffic grew in January, its first growth in more than a year, while US Airways Group Inc.
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