American
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United To Take Chicago by Force, Will Hit 750 Peak Day Departures
What a difference a day makes. After writing about the escalating war between United and American yesterday, United has decided it is…
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The War Between American and United Continues to Escalate
It’s been awhile since we’ve had a good, old-fashioned, knock-down war between two airlines, but sure enough it seems that we are…
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American Will Battle United to the Death in Chicago
For decades, Chicago’s O’Hare has been a two-airline hub. In one corner, you have hometown hero United. In the other, you’ll find…
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American Makes a Bet That Customers Won’t Hate and May Actually Prefer Longer Trips
Yesterday I talked about how American is trying to improve its DFW hub by adding more block time (longer flight durations) and…
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American Prioritizes Operational Improvement With DFW Hub Changes
The weekend after Christmas is usually blissfully quiet for us at Cranky Network Weekly as airlines usually just do a little clean-up…
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American Starts Its XLR Adventure Across the Pond with Edinburgh
We had already learned that American’s very first A321XLR route would be on transcon from New York/JFK to LAX, but it wasn’t…
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American’s Operation Had a Very Rough Summer
You’ve been waiting for part 2/x of our series at The Air Show podcast on what’s wrong with American… and now it’s…
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Austin Growth Highlights Differences Between Cautious Delta and Frenzied American
Delta last week announced it would continue its slow growth of Austin as a focus city, adding three new destinations while cutting…
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Three Big Airlines, Three Very Different Approaches to Long-Haul
I’ve had a lot of offline discussion about aircraft configuration and premium focus as of late, so I decided it was time…
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American Goes Retro and Opportunistic With 2026 Europe Routes
It may still be summer, but American is already talking about talking NEXT summer. The airline put out its plans for new…
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Connecting in the US Just Got Easier… On One Route, On American
American recently announced that it was launching a trial of something called One Stop Security (OSS). This is the latest in a…
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The Times They Are a Changin’: Anatomy of a Schedule Change
Over Memorial Day weekend, American filed its “overlay” for post-Labor Day travel through September. This is the schedule the airline intends to…