There are a lot of moving parts going on these days as bankrupt American Airlines restructures under Chapter 11, with news outlets reporting nail-biting headlines surrounding merger rumors and endless negotiation strife between AMR management and its unions.
But not all news is necessarily bad news: this morning, American unveiled plans for the new interiors of its narrow body fleet deliveries, which are expected to arrive in 2014, and involve a lot of exciting hardware ...
It's being reported that American Airlines is now evaluating potential mergers with US Airways Group Inc., JetBlue Airways Corp, Alaska Air Group, Republic Airways' Frontier Airlines, and Virgin America. If you were CEO of American which merger would you proceed with? Or not merge at all?
US AirwaysUS Airways, if you read the press, is the most talked about option. After reaching a deal with three of American's big unions (Allied Pilots Association, the ...
Quite possibly the most exciting news I have heard all week: German carrier airberlin announced today that it will launch new nonstop services between Chicago and the Capital city of Deutscheland. No air carrier has ever served this route previously, although it was rumored that Chicago was on the high-end of AB's expansion list given that it is a OneWorld hub for American Airlines.
Air Berlin will ...
American'a Airlines AAdvantage program has been busy this year trying to advance itself in the market place and become the airline program of every business and leisure traveler's choice. From the Double Elite Qualifying miles on select routes to the OneWorld MegaDo and other unforgettable promotions and events, AAdvantage has really been living up to it's name as Program of the Year.
Yesterday, AA further expanded it's website and now allows for AAdvantage Miles to be redeemed for ...
When American Airlines offered a status match to United Airlines elite customers last month, I quickly jumped onboard. It was not that I was overly disgruntled with United: as I shared a few days ago, I just had another great trip with them. Rather, I figured I would give them a try (since I already re-qualified for 1K status on United) and take advantage of the eight AA systemwide upgrades that came with the offer.
But I never thought I would re-qualify for Executive Platinum status. ...
Back from Cuba early on Friday, I received word that a family member had died and I had to travel to Colorado...the next morning. Once again, I found that giving up United will not be easy.
For the second trip in a row, my intent was to fly American Airlines. Yet a quick search on ITA Software revealed that AA was hundreds of dollars more per ticket than United! Not only that, they only operate American Eagle service to Denver from Los Angeles. Actually, I would have been happy to try ...
