Airline 'Bumping' Of Passengers Falls To Lowest Rate Ever
Airlines bumped passengers off flights at the lowest rate on record last year after United Airlines was publicly ridiculed when a passenger was physically dragged off a full plane.
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Airlines bumped passengers off flights at the lowest rate on record last year after United Airlines was publicly ridiculed when a passenger was physically dragged off a full plane.
American Airlines reported Thursday that fourth-quarter profit slipped 11 percent as higher costs for fuel and labor offset rising revenue.
A winter storm is grounding some flights on the east coast and that means airports in North Texas and across the country are experiencing delays and cancellations.
A winter storm is causing airlines across the country to cancel hundreds of flights to and from several cities on the east coast.
The pilots hoped leaders of their association would have approved a deal hashed out with American's executives last month, but association leaders want more time to study the issue.
Southwest Airlines says it's giving $1,000 bonuses to all full and part-time employees as a result of the recent tax cut.
American Airlines says it is reviewing why two professional basketball players were removed from a Sioux City, S.D.-bound flight on Sunday.
The CEO of Delta Air Lines says the company will seek compensation for its losses after a fire in an underground electrical facility knocked out the Atlanta airport's power supply.
Delta Air Lines and other carriers that operate out of Atlanta's airport say they expect to be running normally by Tuesday after a fire and blackout there forced the cancellation of over 1,500 flights.
American Airlines made the move to North Texas in 1979, and cemented itself into the aviation history books of DFW.
The labor union representing American Airlines mechanics and ground crews has hired a firm run by the former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security to investigate if foreign repair work on planes is putting passengers at risk.
Civil rights activists are praising American Airlines and their plan to train employees to counteract bias, but the NAACP is still warning African Americans about flying on the airline.
A prominent airline analyst says American Airlines will pay about $10 million to fix the pilot-scheduling mix-up.
American Airlines reached an agreement Friday with its pilots' union to avoid having to cancel thousands of flights during the Christmas holiday season because of a glitch with the pilots' schedules.
The airline announced the steps Thursday after a meeting between CEO Doug Parker and NAACP President Derrick Johnson.
Officials with American Airlines now say only a few hundred of its late December flights remain without pilots scheduled to fly the plane.
A spokesman for the airline said Wednesday that American expects to avoid canceling flights by paying overtime and using reserve pilots.
American Airlines and a subsidiary will pay $9.8 million in stock to settle claims that they failed to help disabled employees return to work.
American Airlines said that CEO Doug Parker had a "positive" meeting Tuesday with some civil rights leaders who have accused the airline of racial bias.
American and Southwest are expecting their average prices to move higher the rest of this year, which would mark a shift from fare wars that have cut into profits and created turbulence for airline stock prices.
American Airlines said Thursday that third-quarter profit fell on higher costs and the effect of three hurricanes, but it sees stronger pricing power ahead.
Fort Worth-based American Airlines is promising to meet with the NAACP after the civil rights organization issued a travel warning to African-American customers.
The NAACP says it's alerting black travelers to exercise caution because, "booking and boarding flights could cause them disrespectful, discriminatory or unsafe conditions."
A commercial airline flight bound for Dallas with more than 80 people on board had to return to an Alabama airport because of smoke in the passenger cabin.
Airline stocks surged Tuesday after United Airlines and American Airlines slightly sweetened their outlook for third-quarter revenue. Those two carriers were the biggest gainers in midday trading.
