The Latest Breaking News from American Airlines

American Airlines agrees to pay millions to travellers

Passengers alleged that the airline failed to honour their no fee baggage pledge for frequent and first-class flyers

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

Woman demands ‘reparations’ from American Airlines for being ‘wedged’ between ‘obese’ passengers

Commentator Sydney Watson refers to passengers sitting next to her as ‘the fats’ in a tweet

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

Airline has surprising response after passenger complains about being 'wedged between two obese people' on flight

The passenger raged that her companions were 'too fat to be on a plane'

Irish Mirror · Oct 15, 2022

Flight diverted and crew sent to hospital due to ‘strong chemical smell’ from passenger’s bag

Crew members were sent to hospital ‘out of an abundance of caution,’ says airline

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022

American Airlines pilots say Boeing must upgrade new 737 Max cockpits

The union for pilots at American Airlines says Congress shouldn’t give Boeing an exemption to keep older-style cockpit alerting systems on new variants of 737 Max jets.

Tribune News Service · Oct 6, 2022

Heathrow Airport travel chaos as American Airlines workers vote to strike

More than 50 aircraft maintenance technicians and crew chiefs working for American Airlines at Heathrow Airport voted by 98 per cent for industrial action, Unite the Union confirmed today

Daily Mirror · Oct 5, 2022

Russia Fines TikTok, Amazon's Twitch, India Exported $1B iPhones, Sony Eyes Investment For PC & Mobile Push: Top Stories Tuesday, Oct. 04

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Benzinga · Oct 4, 2022

American-JetBlue antitrust trial testing limits of industry consolidation

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom told a federal judge Monday that the carrier was hindered in markets like New York and Boston because of the headstart that Delta and others had as blockbuster mergers shrunk the industry over the last two decades.

Tribune News Service · Oct 3, 2022

‘It’s a total loss.’ Iona residents left with little after Hurricane Ian

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The small unincorporated Lee County community of Iona lies a few miles east of Fort Myers Beach, still closed off to the public while rescue crews search through what is reported to be complete devastation in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.

Miami Herald · Oct 3, 2022

American Airlines passenger hit on head by flying food trolley

The Federal Aviation Administration has described the passenger’s head injury as ‘minor’

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2022