American Airlines’ parent firm has announced plans to cut its workforce by 13,000. The major US carrier, which employs nearly 100,000 people worldwide, said on Wednesday that the move would come part of its restructuring plans in the wake of filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy. AMR said it wants to cut its labour costs by 20 [...]

US-based airlines have just completed the country’s safest ever decade for air travel. According to a recent study conducted by the Associated Press, 153 people died in commercial aviation accidents over the last ten years, which amounts to two lives for every 100 million passengers flown. The figure marks a substantial improvement over years prior. [...]

Officials for British Airways have said they have faith that the carrier’s partnership with bankrupt American Airlines will prove fruitful. The Comments came on Tuesday shortly after AMR Corp., the parent company for Dallas Fort Worth-based American Airlines, announced it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after it was unable to secure a new contract with pilots [...]

American Eagle Airlines has been told by the Department of Transportation that it will have to pay a fine of $900,000 after hundreds of passengers were stranded for more than three hours on the tarmac in Chicago earlier in the year. The delays affected 15 flights after they landed at O’Hare International on 29 May. [...]

As Mexico braces for the arrival of Hurricane Rina, airlines are issuing warnings to passengers that they may have their travel plans disrupted. The category 2 storm is due to hit the Yucatan Peninsula on Thursday, and is predicted to make landfall near the popular tourist resort town of Cancun. A hurricane warning has already [...]

US carrier American Airlines announced yesterday that it would soon be axing capacity and retiring some of its aging aircraft. The airline, whose stock had suffered dramatically last week amid continued bankruptcy rumours, said that the capacity cut would come via the scrapping of some of its least popular routes, which will reduce its total [...]

Shares for American Airlines’ AMR Corp closed 33 per cent lower on Monday amid fears that the carrier may file for bankruptcy. One point on Monday actually saw the stock bottom out a massive 41 per cent lower on Wall Street, triggering automatic stops in trading. AA is the US’s third biggest carrier however the [...]

US authorities have confirmed that two separate September 11th scares are under control. The first of two incidents aboard US carriers on the 10th anniversary of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks saw an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles and New York escorted to JFK airport via fighter jets after pilots reported unusually [...]

The Air Transport Rating Agency (ATRA) has published a current list of the world’s 10 safest air carriers. European and US-based airlines dominated the list released this week, despite rarely ranking among the highest for customer satisfaction. There were no Australian carriers named and only one Asian airline made the list. The agency, based in [...]

Airline officials are investigating the cause of the collapse of a jetway at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday evening. A spokesman for American Airlines, the carrier affected by the incident, said that federal investigation officers had scrutinised the bridge on Thursday and would be continuing the probe in the coming days. AA flight 557 [...]