American
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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…
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Piedmont Escapes Death Once Again as American Doles Out Embraer 175s
Piedmont has long seemed like an airline living on borrowed time. For years it was the airline flying the smallest and least…
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Cranky on the Web: American’s Fancy New 787
American’s inaugural flight on its new 787-9, internally called the 787-9P, was from Chicago to Los Angeles this week. While the airplane…
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United Officially Gets Its Gates at O’Hare, But The Fight Isn’t Over
June 1 was the day that Chicago/O’Hare was required by the terms of its lease to officially publish its new gate map.…
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American’s LaGuardia Strategy Takes Another Turn
We’ve been talking about American’s strategy in New York for a very, very long time. The airline is undersized, and there is…
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American Turbocharges DFW Growth with Terminal F Takeover
There was a big dog-and-pony show at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport last week touting American’s growth. This didn’t sound like much to…
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American Loses Even More Gates in Chicago, But It’s Not Going Down Without a Fight
It took me some time, because the Chicago Department of Aviation made me submit a FOIA request to get the new proposed…
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I’m Watching Chicago as Airlines Think About Cutting Capacity
It’s clear that we in the US have entered a self-inflicted economic downturn. While there is plenty that is not clear regarding…