Jun
10
2019
There are several amazing fares for coach roundtrip travel between the US and Europe starting at just $224.
Fare Alert: Several Cities to Europe From $224 Roundtrip on American and British Airways
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American Airlines Serves 16 Month Old Food
Jun
10
2019
American airlines has cut back on their special meals. Three of the meal choices – asian vegetarian, hindu, and muslim – are actually the same thing, diabetic meals now get chicken instead of beef, and five of their special meals now “receive standardized and frozen pre-prepared” entrees with a “one year frozen shelf life.” Yum!
But if one year shelf life is supposed to be the cutoff, how come a reader was served a vegetarian meal made in February 2018?
American Airlines Stranded Students in Oklahoma City, Delta Brought in a Plane to Rescue Them
Jun
09
2019
Flight cancellations happen and are unfortunate. The story here is Delta subtweeting American by taking care of the another airline’s passengers, outside of the interline arrangement that lets one airline put their distressed passengers on the other carrier.
American Airlines Refuses to Lend Part to Air Italy, Forces 35 Hour Delay For Spite
Jun
09
2019
This past Saturday, Air Italy’s flight IG938 from San Francisco to Milan went mechanical. American Airlines had the part Air Italy needed, but they wouldn’t sell it. The scheduled 7:10 p.m. flight didn’t actually depart until early Monday morning,
American says they needed the part themselves, and an airline has to be “an approved carrier and have a partnership with us to borrow parts, and we don’t have a partnership with Air Italy.” In other words precisely because American is in a spat with Air Italy they won’t list the airline as an approved partner, and won’t lend parts.
American Airlines is Using Moon Buggies and Remote Stands in Philadelphia
Jun
09
2019
American Airlines is using remote stands — and mobile lounges to transport passengers from aircraft to gate — for some afternoon Philadelphia Boeing 757, Boeing 767, and Airbus A330 arrivals.
The airline says it’s just as fast as arriving at a real gate, but anyone that’s flown into Washington Dulles will be… skeptical.
Spirit’s Former CEO Dishes on Why Wow Air Failed
Jun
08
2019
While Ben Baldanza is no longer running a U.S. airline, he actually does blog. And he shared some insights from his time as a Wow Air board member. Wow was the Icelandic transatlantic low cost carrier which collapsed at the end of March.
Fund for Families of Victims of Pan Am 103 Will Give All its Money to a Park
Jun
07
2019
The Lockerbie Air Disaster Fund, one of the charities set up ‘provide support and assistance in a wide variety of ways to those affected in the disaster’ received donations totaling 2.4 million British pounds.
In 1991 there was 235,000 pounds left, which was transferred to a new Lockerbie Trust. Families of victims sought access to these funds, but they were rebuffed.
Rumor: American Buying Airbus 321XLR Aircraft for Europe Flights
Jun
07
2019
There’s speculation that American Airlines could announce an order for Airbus A321XLRs at the Paris Air Show, which runs later this month June 17-23. The idea would be to replace Boeing 757s, to allow flights to smaller European cities from New York and Philadelphia.
The narrowbody aircraft could even be outfitted with lie flat direct aisle access business class seats.
Lufthansa Says Points to Miles Transfers May Be Illegal, Shuts Them Down
Jun
07
2019
If Germany’s Payment Services Supervision Act applies to ‘buying’ Lufthansa’s miles using points in another program, then they aren’t currently in compliance with the Act, in part because ‘e-payments’ are now regulated as traditional payment services. That means registration, government supervision, and “strong customer authentication” among other requirements.
Steps American Airlines is Taking to Improve Operations at Dallas Fort-Worth
Jun
06
2019
After the opening of 15 new gates in terminal E satellite at Dallas Fort-Worth last month, American today is offering 900 flights and will continue to do so on peak days from the airport this summer. That’s a year-over-year increase of 100 flights.
Dallas Fort-Worth won’t be without challenges — DFW is colloquially known as “Doesn’t Function Wet” — but according to an internal communication there are several moves American has made to help with their operational reliability.
