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In November the CEO of American Airlines joint venture partner Qantas announced they planned to require vaccination in order to fly. U.S. airlines have had internal discussions about following suit. However I do not see how American Airlines could require passengers but not crew to have been vaccinated in order to travel.
I understand using an airline blanket (they’re cleaner than you think when they are offered) or bringing one of your own. It’s never once occurred to me to plug an electric blanket into an aircraft’s seat power. Apparently though this is far more of a thing than I’d ever imagined.
On Thursday’s Delta Air Lines earnings call, the carrier said “if the TSA is able to identify individuals [who stormed capitol building] you’ll have people added to the no fly list.”
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker confirmed this in a meeting with pilots this week.
As America prepares for January 20th, in the wake of last week’s unpleasantness as electoral votes were counted, businesses across the country are taking precautions. Risk is almost always backward-looking, and the last threat is what’s on our mind most. Some of that is rational, since it means raising an estimate of the likelihood that something could occur based on new information.
Here are the preparations that American Airlines is taking in advance of the inauguration.
The government’s $900 billion Covid relief bill passed at the end of December included $15 billion to airlines, on top of the $50 billion provisioned to U.S. airlines as part of the original CARES Act.
This was pitched as payroll support, meant to cover the cost of the less than 40,000 people who were furloughed or laid off from U.S. carriers. In exchange for the money airlines have to bring these people back onto payroll through March 31, and pay them retroactively to December 1, 2020. American Airlines found a way not to do that with many of the employees they’ve laid off, however.
American and JetBlue are giving up specific slots, agreeing to terminal and gate leases, and imposing restrictions on their own behavior.
Over the summer American Airlines and JetBlue announced a partnership focusing on New York and Boston. They said they would codeshare and offer reciprocal frequent flyer earning and redemption.
The deadline for the Department of Transportation to object to the deal passed without action in mid-November, and then crickets.
American Airlines has been highlighting ‘a deal a day’ to various destinations, like Hawaii and the Caribbean. Today’s deal is Europe from $599 roundtrip.
The terms and conditions of this deal do not make any sense to me.
American Airlines confronted a reader over throwaway ticketing when he arrived at the airport. He was told that he had better fly all of the segments in his itinerary that day, and that American would be watching.
Instead, the reader got off of his flight to Philadelphia and went home, never taking the last flight on his reservation. As promised, American flagged him, suspended his account – and demanded restitution for past instances of throwaway ticketing.
The American Airlines C-Suite sent a letter to the airline’s employees looking back at 2020 and looking forward to recovery in 2021. It went out under the signatures of Doug Parker (CEO), Robert Isom (President), Elise Eberwein (EVP, HR and Communications), Derek Johnson (CFO), Maya Leibman (CIO), and Stephen Johnson (Government Affairs).
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
