American Airlines News Stories
Unions To Combine In American, US Air Merger
May 14, 2013
Two unions that represent ground workers at American Airlines and US Airways said they would combine to become the bargaining agent for nearly 30,000 employees after the airlines merge.
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American Airlines Confident Outage Won't Recur
April 18, 2013
AMR chief executive Thomas Horton said American Airlines "has a high degree of confidence" that Tuesday's computer network outage that led American to cancel hundreds of flights won't recur.
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American Parent AMR Narrows Q1 Loss
April 18, 2013
American Airlines parent AMR reported higher-than-expected adjusted quarterly earnings on Thursday, aided by cost cutting from its bankruptcy restructuring.
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American Airlines Says Operations Back To Normal
April 17, 2013
American Airlines said its operations returned to normal on Wednesday after it cancelled nearly 1,000 flights on Tuesday because of a computer outage.
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American Air's Systems Restored But Problems Continue
April 17, 2013
American Airlines said its computer systems were restored and flights had resumed after intermittent outages on Tuesday forced it to ground hundreds of flights in the US, but warned of some disruption on Wednesday.
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AMR Files Bankruptcy Exit Plan
April 16, 2013
AMR, the parent company of American Airlines, on Monday filed formal plans to exit bankruptcy, bringing its proposed USD$11 billion merger with US Airways closer to reality.
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Judge Denies AMR Chief USD$20 Mln Payoff
April 12, 2013
A US bankruptcy judge has rejected a proposed severance package of nearly USD$20 million for Thomas Horton, the chairman and chief executive of American Airlines' parent company AMR, saying the payout wasn't allowed under federal bankruptcy law.
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American To Expand Flights From LAX
April 10, 2013
American Airlines on Wednesday said it plans to expand service from Los Angeles, one of its five major US hubs, by adding flights to nine cities this year.
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US Airline Complaints Up Despite Improvements
April 9, 2013
Consumer complaints against US airlines rose sharply in 2012, even as the carriers claimed a better record of on-time arrivals and luggage handling.
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Virgin America Best, United Worst In Airline Study
April 8, 2013
Virgin America did the best job of flying customers last year while United Airlines was the worst, though passengers experienced overall better performance, a study showed.
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American, Orbitz Settle Distribution Costs Dispute
April 1, 2013
American Airlines and online travel agency Orbitz, which have been locked in a years-long dispute over travel distribution costs and methods, on Monday said they have reached an agreement resolving the litigation between them.
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American-US Air Merger Gets Court Approval
March 27, 2013
A judge on Wednesday approved AMR's plan to merge with US Airways, a step toward creating the world's largest airline.
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