American Airlines Attendants To Get 1.6 Percent Pay Increase
American Airlines flight attendants will receive a 1.6 percent wage increase after the union sought a more than 8 percent pay hike.
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American Airlines flight attendants will receive a 1.6 percent wage increase after the union sought a more than 8 percent pay hike.
Federal rules allow airlines to sell more tickets than they have seats, and airlines do it routinely because they assume some passengers won't show up.
American Airlines has agreed to pay $200 million for a stake in China Southern Airlines, one of China's three major state-owned carriers, in a bid for a bigger share of the country's growing travel market.
Actor Harrison Ford said he was distracted and concerned about turbulence from another aircraft last month when he mistakenly landed on a taxiway at a Southern California airport after flying low over an airliner with 116 people aboard, according to an audio recording released Friday.
Nearly 20,000 passengers were denied boarding in February even though there were empty seats, Dan Carey, president of the Allied Pilots Association, said. He called it intolerable.
American Airlines said that it plans to offer free meals to everyone in economy on two cross-country routes starting in May. The decision comes a month after Delta Air Lines announced that it would restore free meals.
A blind woman from Maine says she and her service dog were kicked off an American Airlines flight after she requested a different seat.
Two flight attendants are suing American Airlines over harassing Facebook messages posted by male co-workers.
American Airlines pilots have filed a labor grievance, claiming the airline is making pilots fly, despite risk of fatigue.
Fort Worth-based American Airlines has begun selling cheaper "basic economy" fares as it battles discount airlines for the most budget-conscious travelers.
Support from labor unions was critical when Doug Parker's US Airways forced a merger with American, but now the CEO of the world's biggest airline is under fire from unions unhappy about pay that lags rates at rival Delta.
American Airlines formally opened an office in Havana on Wednesday, and an executive said that the company will move ahead with its plans for Cuba despite uncertainty over what President Trump's administration will bring.
Authorities say 31 pounds of cocaine that was accidentally discovered stashed in the nose of an American Airlines aircraft in Tulsa is worth around $434,000.
American Airlines on Friday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $289 million. The Fort Worth company said that it had profit of 56 cents per share. The results met Wall Street expectations.
American Airlines is going to begin selling 'basic economy' fares in an effort to compete with low-cost carriers.
American Airlines says seven flight attendants have been treated at a Florida hospital after complaining that a strange odor on their plane gave them headaches.
American Airlines is now having to pay a hefty fine for several plane delays that caused problems nationwide.
Six hours into a flight from DFW Airport to Hong Kong, American Airlines Flight 125 returned to DFW Airport.
American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Alaska Airlines and Virgin America confirmed that a technology glitch briefly interrupted their operations.
Engine pieces from an American Airlines plane that caught fire Friday on a runway at Chicago's O'Hare airport were found thousands of feet away, a federal investigator said.
According to the airline, an engine malfunction on the Boeing 767 caused the fire and all passengers were evacuated safely.
An American Airlines flight from Nashville to Los Angeles with two Hollywood stars on board made an emergency landing in Little Rock after a suspicious odor was reported in the cabin.
More empty seats and higher labor costs are cutting into profits at American Airlines. The carrier said Thursday that earnings fell 56 percent and would have dropped even more if it weren't for continuing low fuel prices.
A former American Airlines operations manager who learned of the first Sept. 11, 2001, hijacking before the jet struck the World Trade Center has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on a federal interstate child-sex charge in Pittsburgh.
Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights as Hurricane Matthew sweeps along the Florida coast. The Fort Lauderdale airport shut down on Thursday morning, and the Orlando airport expected to do the same by nighttime.
