American Airlines

By Christine Boynton, Helen Massy-Beresford
Carriers are bolstering resilience to growing cybersecurity threats, while regulators work to encourage collaboration around risks and harmonize standards.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
American Airlines sees solid demand to the Caribbean during the winter season as the carrier grows its footprint between the two regions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
American Eagle flight attendants at PSA Airlines are beginning to vote on strike authorization, the latest flight attendant group to take the step during this round of negotiations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
American Airlines has flight-tested a planned update to advanced cockpit display functionality that will provide pilots with a lead aircraft’s vertical path.
Airlines & Lessors

By Antoine Fafard
Financial results for the four largest U.S. carriers during the second quarter (Q2) of 2024 revealed record high quarterly revenue and net profits.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
The carrier is facing a U.S. Transportation Department investigation into its lengthy recovery from a global IT-system failure.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
The carriers are considering new product options to adapt to a changing environment.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
American Airlines intends to capture lost corporate share after the company attempted to rewrite the distribution narrative in 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
American Airlines is rushing to reverse course on an unpopular distribution strategy that could result in over $1 billion in lost revenue in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
American Airlines and the union representing its 28,000 flight attendants have reached a tentative contract agreement.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey, Chen Chuanren, Kurt Hofmann
Major IT outages are hitting industries across the world, with airlines and airports affected.
Airports & Networks

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
American Airlines’ Tulsa maintenance base has partnered with Tulsa Tech to provide workforce development opportunities.
Workforce & Training

By Christine Boynton, Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau, Lori Ranson, Adrian Schofield
As demand remains healthy, airlines are managing capacity challenges amid supply chain woes, engine issues and significant aircraft delivery delays.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
American Airlines has signed a conditional purchase agreement with ZeroAvia for 100 hydrogen-electric engines to power regional jets.
Emerging Technologies

By Christine Boynton
On the heels of last year’s lucrative pilot contracts, flight attendants at U.S. airlines are beginning to reach their own agreements—and the pressure is on.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Southwest’s lowered guidance occurs after investor Elliott Investment Management recently invested $1.9 billion in the airline for an 11% stake in the company.
Airlines & Lessors

By Antoine Fafard
For U.S. passenger operators, their $7.8 billion 2023 net profit was $6 billion above 2022’s performance, but still considerably under 2019's $14.8 billion.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
The airframer projects it will reach historic E-Jet peak production in a few years, while studies for a larger narrowbody include wing and fuselage concepts.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Christine Boynton
APFA has pointed to low starting pay and “astronomical” living costs in many of the airline’s hub cities and at crew bases such as Boston, Miami and New York.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
The airframer hopes the narrowbody A321XLR will make new long-haul routes economically viable.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
American Airlines is working to improve financial performance while United Airlines touts what it sees as permanent changes to its industry position.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
During oral arguments for American Airline's NEA appeal, the carrier expressed interest in future cooperation with JetBlue.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
The PHL services are “secure to secure,” meaning passengers go through TSA checkpoints at the smaller airports and buses arrive at American’s PHL airside gates.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
The FAA Reauthorization Act includes approval for five new daily roundtrips from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport beyond the 1,250-mi. perimeter.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
The airline acknowledged that its distribution strategy had created “difficulties” for agencies and corporate customers.
Airlines & Lessors