American, US Airways Pilots Get Combined Seniority List
An arbitration panel resolved a major issue on Tuesday in the ongoing integration of American Airlines and US Airways when it handed down a ruling that would integrate pilots from both carriers. The...
View ArticleAmerican Quietly and Successfully Integrates Pilot Operations
American Airlines continues to make significant progress on post-merger activities that will allow it to operate fully as a single airline. On October 1, the carrier moved to a single Flight Operating...
View ArticleAmerican Completes US Airways Mainline Livery Makeover
American’s new (foreground) and old liveries American Airlines said it has completed repainting all 299 of the US Airways mainline aircraft in its current fleet with the new American livery that was...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines Integrates Flight Attendant Operations, a Final Step in its...
American Airlines completed its merger on October 1 when it achieved operational integration of its 27,000 flight attendants. “It’s a huge milestone,” the company said in a memo to employees on Friday....
View Article‘Brace for Impact’ – 10-Year Anniversary of ‘Miracle on the Hudson’
Tuesday marked the tenth anniversary of what became known as the Miracle on the Hudson. US Airways Flight 1549 was an Airbus A320 that, after takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia Airport on January 15,...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines to Grow Los Angeles and Dallas Bases, Downsize Phoenix and...
American Airlines announced plans to increase the size of its flight attendant bases at Dallas/Fort Worth International and Los Angeles International airports while downsizing those in Phoenix and St....
View Article30 Airlines That No Longer Exist from Pan Am and TWA to Wow Air and Hooters
In the past year or so, several airlines have gone out of business although none of them was a major player on the world’s airline stage. Wow Air, which ceased operations two weeks ago, and Primera,...
View ArticleIn Final Merger Milestone, American Moves Flight Attendants to Preferential...
All flight attendants at American Airlines will be using a new system to bid for trips for the month of May, as the airline completes one last step in its merger. The new program is called the...
View ArticleGreat Moments in Travel History – December 2019
December is the 12th and final month of the year, and in the Northern Hemisphere is associated with winter, multiple holidays, and New Year’s Eve. It was the tenth month of the Roman calendar, and...
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