It’s not right, and apparently it’s not okay for a passenger to belt a Whitney Houston song over and over again during a cross-country domestic flight. The six-hour American Airlines flight from LAX to New York’s JFK airport was forced to make an emergency landing in Kansas City after a woman refused to stop belting […]
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines and US Airways have agreed to merge in an $11 billion deal that would create the world’s biggest airline. The combined carrier will be called American Airlines and be based in Fort Worth, but US Airways CEO Doug Parker will run it. The merger would reduce the number of major […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Major airlines scrapped flights in and out of the New York area Wednesday as the region was socked with the second significant storm in little more than a week. United and American suspended operations in the region by afternoon, as white-out conditions developed. Other airlines have cancelled flights too. All are […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Wanted: A few good recruits to serve coffee and help combat terrorism at 30,000 feet. American Airlines said Wednesday that it will post job openings for 1,500 flight attendants next month. It will start hiring in December and put the new staff in training beginning in January. That may seem like […]
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines said that improperly installed clamps caused seats to pop loose on two planes during flights and an inspection turned up four others with the same problem. The airline said Tuesday that it inspected and fixed the seats on 36 of its Boeing 757 jets and planned to check 11 other […]
DALLAS (AP) — The federal government is examining two separate incidents in which passenger seats came loose midflight on American Airlines planes in the last three days. American said Monday that it would inspect those and six other Boeing 757 jets overnight. The Federal Aviation Administration said both planes had recently undergone maintenance work that […]
A flight leaving out New York City was delayed 4 hours after a fight broke out between the two flight attendants. According to reports, the fight erupted because one flight attendant was talking on the phone when the plane was initially taking off. In response, the other flight attendant said over the intercom, "Everyone needs […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A flight attendant on a weather-delayed plane at LaGuardia Airport yelled at passengers and challenged them to leave the plane if they dared. The incident involving American Eagle flight attendant Jose Serrano was caught on video. Flight 4607 to Raleigh-Durham, N.C., was delayed for five hours on Monday. Port Authority police […]
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines has canceled another 296 flights as it works to replace or repair dozens of planes grounded in North Texas because of hail damage. Spokeswoman Andrea Huguely says the cancellations on Friday affect flights in and out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The planes were caught in storms Tuesday […]
