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No one did more to drive consolidation in the U.S. airline industry, to get the airline industry hooked on government subsidy, or to destroy passenger experience. And he did this while furloughing more workers than anyone else in aviation history, and destroying more shareholder value than any other CEO than any airline in history.
Award-winning Irish TV writer Graham Linehan was arrested over his tweets on Monday when his American Airlines from Phoenix landed at London Heathrow, because the British government regulates online speech – including speech that takes place outside the U.K.
Sara Blake Cheek complains that an American Airlines flight attendant made her “button [her] shirt” in order to fly out of Atlanta on Sunday. She says “I was unaware that American Airlines had a dress code that said you can’t wear athletic attire if you have big boobs.”
The inaugural American Airlines Airbus A321XLR flight is likely to be between New York JFK and Los Angeles in the second half of December. That’s according to aviation watchdog JonNYC, who reports expecting American to run a transcon with the plane as early as “Holidays 2025.”
Unions at American Airlines are worried that an airline that underperforms will have less money to pay them – meaning long-term lower wages and less job security.
A violent altercation erupted as American Airlines Flight 2249 arrived in Miami, with one passenger grabbing a woman by the neck. Chaos filled the cabin as others shouted “Call the police!” and scrambled to intervene. The when a fight broke out after the flight from Nassau landed on August 25, 2025.
American here is explicit that they will run flights to Europe from New York JFK using these brand new A321XLR narrowbody planes as “the primary mission.”
Plans for a Charlotte Flagship lounge are a long time in coming, but the delay may ultimately be worthwhile because the new design template now seen in Philadelphia is so much nicer than the existing business class lounges.
A passenger flying American Airlines out of Orlando Melbourne International Airport says he was effectively removed from his flight thanks to understaffed and unresponsive employees. “Rules are rules.”
A flight attendant on American Airlines flight 4907 from Aspen to Dallas was photographed by a passenger while wearing a Palestinian flag pin. This is quickly spreading across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Reddit.
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 »
