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Four members of Congress say that all airlines — not just low-fare carriers — should be able to bid on gates and landing rights that Fort Worth-based American Airlines and US Airways will give up after their merger.
Rival unions are fighting over how to represent 24,000 flight attendants at the new American Airlines, which expects a merger with US Airways to happen next month.
American Airlines is testing the idea of letting customers bid for upgrades to first class. Passengers can submit a bid — along with a credit card number — up to six days before the flight.
Angie Tabor with the Columbus Regional Airport Authority says the threat was made before American Airline flight 302 landed at Port Columbus at 11:56 a.m. Monday on a regularly scheduled flight from DFW Airport.
Officials say a DFW-bound American Airlines flight powered down an engine after a bird strike and made an emergency landing in San Jose. No injuries were reported.
The airline to be formed by the merger of American Airlines and US Airways said Friday that it will use the ticker symbol "AAL" and trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
A jetliner carrying six Dallas City Council members and the interim city manager had to return to DFW Airport Tuesday night after a bird-strike damaged one of the Boeing 757's jet engines.
The Justice Department announced on Tuesday a proposed settlement with U.S. Airways and American Airlines that will allow the merger to move forward.
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Attorney General Eric Holder says American Airlines and US Airways must make broad concessions if they want to settle a lawsuit blocking their proposed merger.
People familiar with the discussions say American Airlines and US Airways will propose giving up some takeoff and landing rights at Washington's Reagan National Airport in hopes of settling a government lawsuit blocking their merger.
The CEO of Southwest Airlines Co. assumes that American and US Airways will eventually merge, and he wants some of their takeoff and landing rights at Reagan National Airport outside Washington.
A California Congressman is receiving plenty of praise after saving a man's life on a flight to DFW.
Higher taxes reduced US Airways' third-quarter profit, but the airline still beat Wall Street expectations on a combination of more traffic and higher average fares.
US Airways said Wednesday that third-quarter net income was $216 million, or $1.04 per share. That's down 12 percent from $245 million, or $1.24 per share, a year ago.
American Airlines parent company AMR said that it earned $289 million in the third quarter. That marks a big turnaround from a loss of $238 million a year earlier.
American Airlines announced new non-stop flights to China from DFW International Airport.
The big U.S. airlines are taking out old, bulky seats in favor of so-called slimline models that take up less space from front to back, allowing for five or six more seats on each plane.
American Airlines and US Airways won't appeal a rejection of their request for more information about the government's antitrust case.
A court-appointed official says American Airlines and US Airways shouldn't get to know the identity of all the people that the government interviewed before trying to block the airlines' proposed merger.
A special group of thrill-seekers soared through the skies over Fort Worth, as members of the all-veterans parachute team took some fellow warriors "falling."
Nearly two months after joining the U.S. Department of Justice Lawsuit to block the proposed merger between American Airlines and US Airways, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced he's pulling out of the suit after reaching a settlement.
The Texas attorney general says the state has reached a settlement in its challenge to the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways.
The Justice Department asked for a delay in the trial over the merger of American Airlines and US Airways because of the shutdown of the federal government.
American Airlines said that it will hire 1,500 pilots over the next five years, and recall the airline's pilots who have been furloughed. The carrier plans to start recruiting this fall.
