American
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American’s Decade of Fail Culminates in Bankruptcy
I don’t think anyone was surprised to hear that American filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The only surprise was that it…
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Let’s Do the Labor Roundup at the Big Three
The last couple of weeks have been action-packed when it comes to labor issues with each of the big three legacy airlines.…
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AAdvantage Chief Maya Leibman Talks (Across the Aisle)
When I saw Maya Leibman, President of American’s AAdvantage loyalty program, put out a video talking about new benefits for elite members,…
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Alaska’s Deal with American Makes Its Frequent Flier Program Even More Valuable
Alaska and American have inked a deal that will give reciprocal elite benefits to each other’s elite members. This might not sound…
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Impressions From the oneworld MegaDo Launch
Sunday night was the launch party for the oneworld MegaDo. What the heck is that, you ask? Great question. It’s basically when…
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Hey American, Ordering a Billion Airplanes Is Good, but There’s a Lot More to Do
After years of back and forth, the Department of Transportation has finally decided to do the right thing and let US Airways…
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What Will American Do With All Those Airplanes?
In case you missed it, American has decided to buy an insanely large number of airplanes. With 460 orders and another 10…
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Why American Eagle Had Fourteen Long Tarmac Delays in One Day
Since the 3 hour tarmac delay rule went into effect last year, tarmac delays have, as expected, basically disappeared. (That was only…
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Topic of the Week: American Adds Tablets as Inflight Entertainment
American has decided to ditch its existing portable inflight entertainment system and go with the cooler Samsung Galaxy tablet instead. This may…
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American’s Test of Video Streaming is Just the First Step
American announced this week that it would begin testing streaming video with wifi-provider GoGo on a couple of airplanes, and it will…
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Touring San Francisco’s New Terminal 2
San Francisco opens (or shall I say, reopens) Terminal 2 with Virgin America and American as residents today. I was able to…
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American and Expedia Make Up as the Reservation System Model Crumbles
This hasn’t received a lot of attention amidst all the holes in airplanes and smoke in cockpits, but there was a huge…