American Airlines

By Christine Boynton
The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) has fined American Airlines a record $4.1 million for tarmac delays.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Matthew Fulco
Economic and geopolitical travails are weighing on China’s international passenger flight recovery.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
A contract newly ratified by American Airlines pilots joins Delta Air Lines and United Airlines in including a competitive snap-up clause for pay rates.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Qatar Airways will increase New York frequencies to 3X-daily once American Airlines moves its Doha route from JFK to Philadelphia.
Airports & Networks

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
The first graduating class at the city’s recently opened A&P school will help fill high workforce demand in the Chicago area.
Workforce & Training

By David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements for aviation professionals.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
Enabling contrail avoidance; hybrid regional demonstrator; next-generation HAPS; and quantum computing for R&D.
Emerging Technologies

By Christine Boynton
Extreme heat causes operational challenges for airlines, yielding a pressing question carriers may face: should they reduce range, or cut payload?
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
U.S. airlines have jumped into action to aid with the response to Hawaii’s wildfires.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
American Airlines has cooperated with Google Research and Breakthrough Energy to test whether atmospheric zones likely to create contrails can be avoided.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Mesa Air Group is focused on maximizing block hours, hiring pilots and reducing its inventory of surplus Bombardier CRJ900s.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The New York-Doha service was launched in June 2022 as American Airlines and Qatar Airways deepened ties.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson, Christine Boynton
Halfway through 2023, U.S. airlines have focused on capacity restoration and surging demand—now many are eying optimization and better efficiency.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
The discussions center around the American’s narrowbody needs for the latter half of the decade and beyond.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Although JetBlue has made significant cuts to its 2023 earnings outlook, its operating revenue in Q2 grew 6.7% year-on-year to $2.6 billion.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
United recently reached a deal with its pilots that provides cumulative 34.5%-40.2% increases in pay rates over four years that American's pilots seek to match.
Airlines & Lessors

By Matthew Fulco
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines collectively spent $2.1 billion on maintenance in the second quarter, according to investment bank Jefferies.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Certain oversight terms proposed by the U.S. Justice Department in the Northeast Alliance case have been rejected by a federal judge.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
While they are split on a decision to appeal, American Airlines and JetBlue Airways are dismantling their more than two-year-old Northeast Alliance.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Agreements with pilots at American carriers have made great progress this year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
American Airlines says it remains optimistic about New York despite the winddown of the Northeast Alliance (NEA).
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Construction of a new federal inspection services facility will pace the way for Tulsa’s first scheduled international flights.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
JetBlue Airways and American Airlines are proceeding with a wind-down of their Northeast Alliance (NEA), though the two remain split on a decision to appeal.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
American Airlines will launch eight new routes from Miami International Airport (MIA) for the 2023/24 northern hemisphere winter season.
Airports & Networks