American Airlines Announces New Support Animal Policy: Goats, Ferrets Not Allowed
Starting July 1, ferrets, goats and hedgehogs can no longer fly American Airlines, even if they're support animals.
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Starting July 1, ferrets, goats and hedgehogs can no longer fly American Airlines, even if they're support animals.
A scheduling glitch has left American Airlines scrambling to find pilots to operate thousands of flights over the busy Christmas holiday period.
The NAACP is warning African-Americans that if they fly on American Airlines they could be subject to discrimination or even unsafe conditions.
Witnesses say a passenger tried to force open the exit door while the plane was in flight.
Passengers on a flight bound for the Twin Cities said a man tried opening one of the plane's exit doors while they were in the air.
A Minnesota-bound American Airlines flight has made a safe emergency landing at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
A bullet found aboard a Minnesota-bound American Airlines plane at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport led to passengers being briefly evacuated.
A Minneapolis doctor is calling for airlines to make it easier for medical groups to bring bug spray to areas impacted by Zika virus. The mosquito-transmitted virus has been linked to severe birth defects.
Delta Air Lines had a major change of heart about shipping hunting trophies, announcing Monday afternoon that it would no longer accept lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies.
Nearly 180 people are finally in the Twin Cities after a rough night. American Airlines said a flight that left from Charlotte, N.C. had to turn around shortly after takeoff due to a security threat.
A Minnesota woman who was flying from Philadelphia to Atlanta went into labor, causing the flight she was on to make an emergency landing in North Carolina. According to a report from the CBS affiliate in Greensboro, Shaniqua Cherry was on American Airlines flight 611 when her water broke.
American Airlines plans to end its direct flights from MSP to New York's LaGuardia and Washington's Reagan National Airports. The changes are part of a deal with the Justice Department to push through American's merger with U.S. Airways. American agreed to give up some of its airport slots to lower-cost airlines. So do airline mergers hurt us or help us? According to Myles Shaver, a professor business strategy at the Carlson School of Business, opinions are mixed.
The sub-zero temperatures have some people looking to get out of town for a bit. And there's a good chance the airfare they pay now could vary by hundreds of dollars in just a month from now. Travel expert Terry Trippler, of ThePlaneRules.com, says there are several variables that cause airfare to go "up and down," and make a fixed rate nearly impossible. "Number one ... airports pay different landing fees at different airports," Trippler said. "Different landing and take-off fees."
The following are five tips for traveling during Thanksgiving weekend that will make your life easier.
Two of the country's biggest air carriers are tying the knot on Valentine's Day. CBS has learned American Airlines and U.S. Airways will announce they are merging later this morning.
A spokesman for Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids says an American Airlines flight aborted takeoff due to a wind shear alert in the cockpit.
