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AMR Shares To Be Dropped From NYSE Trading
FORT WORTH (AP) — American Airlines’ parent company, which filed for bankruptcy protection last month, said Thursday that its stock will be dropped from the New York Stock Exchange. The shares will...
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Despite Bankruptcy AA Making Luxurious Plane Upgrades
(credit: American Airlines) FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - In the midst of often bitter bankruptcy proceedings, Fort Worth-based American Airlines (AA) plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to...
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AA & Southwest Say Reservations System Down Briefly
DALLAS (AP) - American Airlines and Southwest Airlines say that customers encountered problems booking flights on Tuesday because of a glitch in their reservations systems. Both airlines said Tuesday...
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AA Angers Pilots Union As It Implements New Terms
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 NEWS) - Tensions are rising once again between American Airlines and its pilots. That’s because the carrier has just started implementing new work rules, pay, and benefits after...
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AA Pilots Defend Maintenance Delays
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The back and forth continues between American Airlines and its pilots, with the pilots union firing the latest shot. Pilots say they are not disrupting American operations...
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Pilots Blame AA Letter For Latest Fallout
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – After flying in to try to re-start contract negotiations with American Airlines, today the Allied Pilots Association board of directors walked out of their offices and went home....
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Union Tells Pilots To Stop Slowing Down AA
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The union representing pilots for American Airlines sent the strongest message yet to its members Thursday night to immediately stop anything they’re doing to slow down the...
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American Airlines To Lay Off 450 Tulsa Workers
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — About 450 mechanics and fleet service workers at American Airlines’ Tulsa maintenance base will be laid off by February, the company and union officials announced Friday. The...
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AA CEO Talks About Airline’s Difficulties And Future
NEW YORK (AP) – American Airlines’ CEO acknowledges that passengers have had a rough few weeks on the airline but says the carrier is working through its issues. “The operational performance is...
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AA Update – Merger Possible
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The American Airlines’ pilots union approved a plan that could ultimately lead to a merger between American and US Airways inside bankruptcy. The Allied Pilots Association...
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Group Says Airline Merger Would Reduce Competition
DALLAS (AP) — A government review finds that the merger of American Airlines and US Airways would reduce competition on more than 1,600 routes traveled by more than 53 million passengers. That’s a...
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FAA Relaxes Rules On Using Most Electronic Devices In-Flight
(credit: CBS 11 News) DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - People flying American Airlines were allowed to use some of their electronic devices non-stop from gate to gate tonight. The Federal Aviation Administration...
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American Airlines Employees Vote To Keep New Livery
(credit: American Airlines) DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — American Airlines says more than 60,000 employees voted and a majority want to paint red, white and blue horizontal stripes on the tails of all AA...
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Dallas-Bound AA Flight Hits Bird, Makes Emergency Landing
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - A Dallas-bound American Airlines flight from Tulsa, turned around and made an emergency landing after hitting a bird. AA flight 1491 had 182 passengers and 7 crew members on...
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“Disruptive” American Airlines Passenger Questioned
KANSAS CITY (CBSDFW.COM) - Law enforcement took a passenger into custody Wednesday for allegedly interfering with the flight crew on board an American Airlines flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Kansas...
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AA Flight With Mechanical Issue Lands Safely
DFW AIRPORT (CBSDFW.COM) – A flight from Baltimore to Dallas landed safely at DFW Airport despite minor mechanical issues. An Alert 2 was called for Flight #1077. One hundred-fifteen passengers and...
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Fresh Ebola Fears Hit Airline Stocks
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (AP) — News that a health worker diagnosed with Ebola flew on a commercial flight raised fear among airline investors that the scare over the virus could...
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Stage 4 Cancer Patient Temporarily Stranded At DFW
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - American Airlines refused to let a stage IV cancer patient board her plane home with her oxygen tank, then changed their minds Tuesday. “I...
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AA Passenger Recounts Turbulent Flight From South Korea
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A Dallas attorney was aboard American Airlines Flight 280 that encountered severe air turbulence Tuesday shortly after taking off from Seoul,...
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Suspicious Airport Bag From DFW Flight Deemed Harmless
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say a suspicious bag found at the Colorado Springs airport turned out to be harmless. The Colorado Springs police bomb...
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Major Nor’easter Disrupts Local Flights
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Countless passengers at DFW International Airport aren’t going anywhere tonight. Most will spend the night in the secure area of the airport....
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Free TV, Movie Streaming For All American Airlines Passengers
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Good new for airlines passengers who travel on American Airlines, in-flight boredom may not be an issue the next time you. Fort...
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JPMorgan: Pilot Scheduling Mix-Up Could Cost American $10M
FORT WORTH (AP) – A prominent airline analyst says American Airlines will pay about $10 million to fix the pilot-scheduling mix-up that left thousands of unstaffed flights around Christmas. (credit:...
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American Airlines Announces New Support Animal Policy: Goats Not Allowed,...
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Starting July 1, ferrets, goats and hedgehogs can no longer fly American Airlines, even if they’re support animals. They’re just three of a somewhat lengthy list of barred...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines Sued After Alleged Onboard Flight Attendant Scuffle
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A flight attendant has filed a lawsuit in Tarrant County against American Airlines over an alleged scuffle with another employee that happened on a flight back in 2016. In the...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines Cancels 700 Flights After Winter Storms Blast Northeast
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – American Airlines and their regional partners canceled 700 flights Wednesday due to a winter storm impacting operations in portions of the Northeast. Meteorologists at the...
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Catering Workers Protest At American Airlines HQ, 58 Arrested
FORT WORTH, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Police arrested 58 people in Fort Worth Tuesday after they blocked the entrance to American Airlines new headquarters. The civil disobedience was the beginning of three...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines To Issue Waivers For Passengers Traveling Through Northeast
FORT WORTH, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) — Due to weather expected this weekend, American Airlines will issue waivers for passengers traveling through the Northeast. Passengers traveling through the following...
View ArticleFort Worth-Based American Airlines Adds Non-Binary Booking Options
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Taking a trip by plane? If you’re traveling on American Airlines you’re no longer limited to identifying as “male” or “female” when purchasing tickets. AA customers can now...
View ArticleCouple Sues American Airline After Getting Kicked Off Flight For ‘Smelling Bad’
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Michigan couple is suing American Airlines for discrimination after they were removed from a flight because the airline said the Orthodox Jewish couple smelled bad....
View ArticleAmerican Airlines Flights Between DFW Airport, Mainland China Suspended...
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Due to the reduction in demand, American Airlines has extended the suspension of flying to and from mainland China and Hong Kong from its Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and Los...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines Upping Cleaning Procedures Amid Coronavirus Threat
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) — American Airlines announced they’re upping cleaning procedures amid the threat of the coronavirus. In a statement released Wednesday, the airline said their cleaning practices...
View ArticleCoronavirus: AA To Operate 7 Flights Between DFW & Latin America To Bring...
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) — American Airlines will operate seven special flights to bring travelers home in light of government travel restrictions related to COVID-19. In a statement released Wednesday,...
View Article40,000 Workers Exit American Airlines, Bankruptcy ‘Not An Option’
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Nearly 40,000 employees at American Airlines have retired early, cut hours or gone on leave. The head of the Fort Worth-based airline however, said Wednesday he believes the...
View ArticleTravel Demand Impacts American Airlines, Company Posts $2.1 Billion Second...
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Fort Worth-based American Airlines reported a second-quarter loss of $2.07 billion Thursday, as a result of the coronavirus and drastically reduced air travel demand. The...
View ArticleHigh Winds, Short Staffing Cause Hundreds Of Cancellations At American Airlines
FORT WORTH, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) — American Airlines has cancelled 427 flights Saturday, all of which are attributed to high winds and/or short staffing. According to FlightAware, 195 of those flights...
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