Peak Season Trouble: American Airlines Braces For Flying Losses, Earnings Call Shows No Plan For Success

by Gary Leff

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Jul 25 2024

American Airlines profit was down in the second quarter. They’re crowing about record revenue, a lot of that is inflation, and they’re clearly not doing well – profit forecasts were revised downward significantly, and they are now saying they won’t earn anything in the third quarter which is traditionally good. It isn’t winter!

In fact, American Airlines will make money on its co-brand credit cards during the third quarter. That means it will lose money flying airplanes over the summer months. That’s insane.

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Southwest Launches Redeye Flights, Prepares For Assigned Premium Seats And Basic Economy

by Gary Leff

Jul 25 2024

They’re expected to offer extra legroom seats at the front of the cabin, in what’s being referred to as Love Cabin. These seats would be assigned. Southwest could offer blocked middle seats for sale in Love Cabin, along the lines of Frontier, where the airline sells a seat block to both the aisle and middle seat passenger as an option. And they’re preparing to increase fleet utilization – cheaper additional flying using current aircraft – by offering redeye flights for the first time. New union contracts now provide for redeye operations, and the airline no longer has to turn their systems off and on in a reset each night which required operations to halt.

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Police Brutality Caught On Camera: Stomping On Man’s Head During Airport Arrest

by Gary Leff

Jul 24 2024

The officer is seen holding a taser over a man lying prone on the ground. He kicks the man in the face and stomps the back of his head twice while trying to arrest suspects involved in a violent altercation that appears to have been between passengers. Police were called to the scene and three officers were “punched to the ground.” A female officer’s nose was broken, and all three were hospitalized. That… escalated the police response.

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Fire At American Airlines New York JFK Terminal 8 Sparks Mass Evacuation Amid Thick Smoke

by Gary Leff

Jul 24 2024

The American Airlines terminal 8 at New York JFK was evacuated around 7 a.m. this morning after an escalator caught fire in concourse C causing smoke to fill the terminal. Nearly 1,000 people were moved and departing flights were halted, though about 75 minutes later normal operations resumed. Four people were hospitalized out of nine with minor injuries, with none apparently life-threatening.

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