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Displaying all articles tagged:
American Airlines
headaches
July 2, 2022
Yep, July 4 Weekend Air Travel Is a Complete Mess
More Americans are hitting the skies than did in 2019 before the pandemic, and the increased delays and cancellations will likely continue all summer.
By
Chas Danner
pivot
June 22, 2021
American Airlines Shouldn’t Have Been Bailed Out
Despite getting billions in loans, the company furloughed thousands and is now contending with a worker shortage.
By
Intelligencer Staff
technology
Feb. 21, 2019
Some American Airlines Seats Have Built-in Cameras
The airline says they’ve never been used, so everything is fine.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
business
Oct. 10, 2018
American Airlines Wants to Be Nice But Doesn’t Know How
How much are warm fuzzy feelings from customers worth? Perhaps not as much as American is spending to try to elicit them.
By
Josh Barro
war in the middle east
July 22, 2014
U.S. and European Airlines to Stop Flying to Israel for Now
The FAA issued a warning after a rocket landed near the Tel Aviv airport.
By
Caroline Bankoff
the internet
Apr. 14, 2014
Dutch Teen Arrested for American Airlines Tweets
The 14-year-old troll really is a teenage girl.
By
Joe Coscarelli
air travel
July 7, 2013
Flight Attendant Denies Smuggling Rats Aboard Plane
We want to believe her.
By
Caroline Bankoff
mergers
Feb. 13, 2013
American Airlines and US Airways Approve Merger, Forming World’s Largest Airline
Those who don’t like it are free to take Greyhound.
By
Margaret Hartmann
scary things
Oct. 2, 2012
American Airlines Seats Come Loose Mid-Flight (Again)
The FAA is looking into the troubled company after its second mishap in three days.
By
Joe Coscarelli
big business
Oct. 1, 2012
The Slow Death: American Airlines, HP, and Corporate Decline
It’s not pretty on the way down.
By
Kevin Roose
bankruptcy
Nov. 29, 2011
American Airlines Files for Bankruptcy
Everyone was doing it.
By
Noreen Malone
animanhattan
Oct. 27, 2011
Cat Lost by American Airlines Found Alive at JFK
After two months.
By
Caroline Bankoff
scares
Aug. 19, 2010
NYC-Bound Flight Grounded After ‘Non-Credible’ Threat
Couple removed from plane for unknown reasons.
By
Josh Duboff
photo op
July 30, 2008
Hundreds of Bags Getting Left Behind at JFK Today
Thousands of passengers were delayed and hundreds of bags were left behind today because of a computer error at the New York airport.
in other news
July 8, 2008
Angry New Yorkers Scare Crew Off American Airlines Flight
A bunch of angry, delayed New Yorkers did not take a senseless flight delay sitting down, with their seat belts securely fastened.