http://www.mail.com/companies/14926-amr-corporation.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/companies/14926-amr-corporation.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1842824-american-to-use-republic-airways-flights.html FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines says it will use Republic Airways Holdings Inc. to operate regional flights using 76-seat planes. American said Thursday that it reached a 12-year deal with Republic. The agreement is subject to approval by American's federal bankruptcy court judge. The move represents a break from American's sister carrier, Amer... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1842824-american-to-use-republic-airways-flights.html 2013-01-24T10:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1807342-amr-board-to-study-merger-option.html DALLAS (AP) — Directors of American Airlines' parent company likely won't make a decision when they meet Wednesday to consider a possible merger with US Airways, even as momentum for a deal is building. Investors have been bidding up US Airways' stock price, and leaders of the two pilot unions agree on how to combine contracts, two developments that analy... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1807342-amr-board-to-study-merger-option.html 2013-01-08T22:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1800092-american-eagle-pilot-fails-alcohol-test-suspended.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An American Eagle pilot was suspended after failing a blood-alcohol test as he prepared to fly on Friday from Minneapolis to New York City, authorities said. Police at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport said officers and a Transportation Security Administration agent smelled alcohol as they passed the pilot waiting to get on an ... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 05:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1800092-american-eagle-pilot-fails-alcohol-test-suspended.html 2013-01-05T05:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1797470-nigeria-airline-june-crash-resumes-flights.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian airline involved in a June crash that killed at least 163 people resumed domestic flights Thursday, even though officials acknowledge they still don't know what brought the aircraft down and that the families of the dead still haven't received insurance settlements. Government authorities cleared Dana Air to again fly th... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1797470-nigeria-airline-june-crash-resumes-flights.html 2013-01-03T16:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1762606-american-airlines-rolls-fare-structure.html DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is changing the way it charges you to fly. American will charge $68 or $88 more per round trip for economy-class passengers who want a ticket that lets them check baggage or change the reservation later without getting hit by another fee. The airline says it's responding to customer complaints about fees, especially the cha... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1762606-american-airlines-rolls-fare-structure.html 2012-12-12T22:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1757016-americans-ceo-airline-turnaround.html DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines CEO Thomas Horton suggests that his management team has earned the right to keep leading the company even if it merges with US Airways. The approval of a new labor contract by pilots last week was the last major hurdle American and parent AMR Corp. needed to clear before emerging bankruptcy protection in the next few months... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1757016-americans-ceo-airline-turnaround.html 2012-12-10T23:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1751534-pilots-approve-contract-with-american-airlines.html DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is closer to exiting from bankruptcy and possibly merging with US Airways after its pilots approved a new labor contract. With the pilots' deal announced Friday, American has negotiated new, lower-cost contracts with all its unions since filing for bankruptcy protection just over a year ago. Company executives insist the sa... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1751534-pilots-approve-contract-with-american-airlines.html 2012-12-07T23:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1701644-american-us-airways-pitches-to-amr-creditors.html DALLAS (AP) — The CEO of American Airlines parent AMR Corp. says that if his airline merges with US Airways, AMR creditors should get most of the new airline's stock, according to people familiar with the situation. AMR CEO Thomas Horton said Wednesday that AMR creditors should get considerably more stock in a combined airline than US Airways has so far p... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1701644-american-us-airways-pitches-to-amr-creditors.html 2012-11-15T02:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1690848-american-airlines-moves-closer-to-pilot-contract.html NEW YORK (AP) — American Airlines and its pilots union have reached an agreement in principle over a new contract, which could ultimately pave the way for the airline to exit bankruptcy. The union's board must still sign off on the deal and present it to pilots for a ratification vote. That could happen as soon as three weeks from now. AMR Corp., the pare... Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1690848-american-airlines-moves-closer-to-pilot-contract.html 2012-11-09T22:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1653954-american-plans-to-hire-2500-pilots.html DALLAS (AP) — The CEO of American Airlines said the company expects to hire 2,500 pilots over the next five years as it ramps up international flights. "The new American will be doing even more international flying, providing greater opportunities for career advancement and increased income for our people," AMR Corp. CEO Thomas Horton said Wednesday in a ... Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1653954-american-plans-to-hire-2500-pilots.html 2012-10-25T00:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1652178-us-airways-posts-record-3q-profit.html DALLAS (AP) — US Airways turned in a strong performance during a three-month stretch that covers much of the peak summer vacation season. Net income for the third quarter was a record $245 million, or $1.24 per share, compared with $76 million, or 41 cents per share, a year earlier, the airline said Wednesday. The results are especially important to US Ai... Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1652178-us-airways-posts-record-3q-profit.html 2012-10-24T20:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1636422-american-puts-up-help-wanted-sign-buyouts.html NEW YORK (AP) — Wanted: A few good recruits to serve coffee and help combat terrorism at 30,000 feet. American Airlines said Wednesday that it will post job openings for 1,500 flight attendants next month. It will start hiring in December and put the new staff in training beginning in January. That may seem like a strange move for a company trying to cut ... Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1636422-american-puts-up-help-wanted-sign-buyouts.html 2012-10-17T19:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1636106-american-airlines-parent-loses-238m-3q.html NEW YORK (AP) — American Airlines parent company AMR lost $238 million in the third quarter on employee severance payouts and other costs related to its bankruptcy. Without those charges, the Fort Worth, Texas, company posted an operating profit as it cut costs, paid less for fuel and benefited from a partnership that boosted traffic overseas. The quarter... Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1636106-american-airlines-parent-loses-238m-3q.html 2012-10-17T12:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1627636-american-will-work-seats-planes.html DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines says it will modify seats on 49 more planes to prevent rows of seats from coming loose during flight. It's addressing the same problem that caused the airline to ground 48 planes last week — the seat rows aren't locking properly into tracks on the floor. Crews will add a "secondary locking device" to seats in most of Americ... Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1627636-american-will-work-seats-planes.html 2012-10-12T22:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1624224-american-airlines-stumbles-path-to-recovery.html DALLAS (AP) — Just weeks ago, American Airlines was working its way through bankruptcy court, on schedule for one of the fastest turnarounds in aviation history. Planes were full. Revenue was pouring in. Then seemingly overnight, American became the butt of jokes from Facebook to late-night TV. A slowdown that American blamed on pilots caused massive dela... Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1624224-american-airlines-stumbles-path-to-recovery.html 2012-10-11T18:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1616528-american-airlines-ceo-acknowledges-rough-weeks.html NEW YORK (AP) — American Airlines' CEO acknowledges that passengers have had a rough few weeks on the airline but says the carrier is working through its issues. "The operational performance is improving," CEO Tom Horton said in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday. "We'll get past this just like other airlines before us have." The airline, wh... Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1616528-american-airlines-ceo-acknowledges-rough-weeks.html 2012-10-08T20:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1609076-aa-why-seats-loose-planes.html FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines is cancelling dozens of flights as it scrambles to fix seats that could pop loose during flight. Airline officials said late Thursday that they had come up with a fix for the seats, and they began pulling 48 Boeing 757s out of service to make repairs. All the planes should be back in service by Saturday. ... Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1609076-aa-why-seats-loose-planes.html 2012-10-04T23:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1604424-aa-unions-agree-to-resume-contract-talks.html DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines and its pilots' union have agreed to resume stalled contract negotiations. The union also said Tuesday that it will delay releasing results of a strike-authorization vote scheduled to end Wednesday. The developments could lead to a breakthrough in a bitter standoff between the nation's third-biggest airline and its 7,500 ac... Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1604424-aa-unions-agree-to-resume-contract-talks.html 2012-10-03T08:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1602220-american-installation-job-caused-seat-snafu.html DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines said that improperly installed clamps caused seats to pop loose on two planes during flights and an inspection turned up four others with the same problem. The airline said Tuesday that it inspected and fixed the seats on 36 of its Boeing 757 jets and planned to check 11 other planes. In the past week, rows of seats have co... Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1602220-american-installation-job-caused-seat-snafu.html 2012-10-02T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1601002-american-airlines-inspecting-jets-loose-seats.html DALLAS (AP) — The federal government is examining two separate incidents in which passenger seats came loose midflight on American Airlines planes in the last three days. American said Monday that it would inspect those and six other Boeing 757 jets overnight. The Federal Aviation Administration said both planes had recently undergone maintenance work tha... Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1601002-american-airlines-inspecting-jets-loose-seats.html 2012-10-01T22:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1594352-leader-american-pilots-slow-flights.html DALLAS (AP) — With American Airlines threatening legal action, the leader of the pilots' union is telling it members not to delay flights — if that's what they're doing. Acting President Keith Wilson says the Allied Pilots Association has nothing to do with what American alleges is a work slowdown, causing many flights to be delayed or canceled. If, as th... Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1594352-leader-american-pilots-slow-flights.html 2012-09-28T21:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1586522-pilots-american-wants-to-resume-contract-talks.html DALLAS (AP) — There could be progress in breaking the standoff between American Airlines and its pilots, which appears to have caused a spike in canceled and delayed flights. American officials have been saying they wanted to resume negotiations on a new labor contract, and they put that in writing this week at the request of the pilots' union. A union sp... Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1586522-pilots-american-wants-to-resume-contract-talks.html 2012-09-25T20:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1576560-labor-strife-threatens-american-airlines-schedule.html DALLAS (AP) — With American Airlines canceling dozens of flights every day, passengers with fall travel plans are confronting an inconvenient question: Should they avoid the nation's third-largest carrier because labor strife might cause delays and cancelations? Several prominent travel gurus say it's too early to "book away" from American. They say the n... Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1576560-labor-strife-threatens-american-airlines-schedule.html 2012-09-20T23:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1570978-amr-expects-4400-job-cuts-warns-11000.html DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is sending layoff warning notices to more than 11,000 employees although a spokesman says the company expects job losses to be closer to 4,400. The notices went out to mechanics and ground workers whose jobs will be affected as American goes through a bankruptcy restructuring. American Airlines spokesman Bruce Hicks said Tu... Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1570978-amr-expects-4400-job-cuts-warns-11000.html 2012-09-18T21:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1558414-bankruptcy-judge-oks-3-american-air-labor-deals.html DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines will reduce retirement benefits and ease restrictions on outsourcing of flying to other airlines as it attempts a turnaround under bankruptcy protection. American announced the changes Wednesday night. Earlier in the day, a federal bankruptcy judge approved labor contracts that were ratified by flight attendants and mechani... Thu, 13 Sep 2012 01:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1558414-bankruptcy-judge-oks-3-american-air-labor-deals.html 2012-09-13T01:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1556696-cheapest-airfare-airlines-website.html NEW YORK (AP) — Some airlines are making travelers work harder to find a deal. Carriers are offering more deals to passengers who book flights directly on their websites. It's an effort to steer people away from online travel agencies such as Expedia, Orbitz and Travelocity, which charge the carriers commissions of roughly $10 to $25 a ticket. ... Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1556696-cheapest-airfare-airlines-website.html 2012-09-12T11:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1541888-radio-host-beck-renews-attack-american-airlines.html DALLAS (AP) — Radio talk show host Glenn Beck isn't backing down from his public attack on American Airlines. For a second straight day, Beck on Wednesday used his show to complain that a flight attendant treated him rudely. Beck claims it was punishment for his conservative views. Beck said American should fire the flight attendant, and he vowed to never... Wed, 05 Sep 2012 23:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1541888-radio-host-beck-renews-attack-american-airlines.html 2012-09-05T23:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1539532-bankruptcy-judge-throws-amr-pilots-contract.html NEW YORK (AP) — American Airlines took a major step toward emerging from bankruptcy Tuesday, when a federal judge threw out its pilots' union contract. The airline's management has already negotiated concessions from its flight attendants, maintenance workers and other unionized employees. The decision by Judge Sean H. Lane will now let the Fort Worth-Tex... Tue, 04 Sep 2012 23:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1539532-bankruptcy-judge-throws-amr-pilots-contract.html 2012-09-04T23:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1532208-american-us-airways-step-closer-to-merger.html NEW YORK (AP) — American Airlines and US Airways are one step closer to a potential merger. The companies said Friday they have started confidential merger talks. But a deal is still far from reality. "It does not mean we are merging — it simply means we have agreed to work together to discuss and analyze a potential merger," US Airways CEO Doug Parker sa... Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1532208-american-us-airways-step-closer-to-merger.html 2012-08-31T19:51:00Z