American Airlines

American Airlines 15/05/2012

15:00 : AMR wins labor deals with five union work groups - May 15 (Reuters) - Five out of seven work groups represented by the largest labor union at AMR Corp's American Airlines voted to accept the contract terms offered by the bankrupt airline, the Transport Workers Union said on Tuesday.

Source : reuters-com

American Airlines 12/05/2012

02:01 : UPDATE 5-American Airlines to explore merger options - May 11 (Reuters) - AMR Corp, parent of American Airlines, bowed to pressure on Friday from its unsecured creditors, including its largest labor unions, and said it would explore merger options while it is still in bankruptcy.

Source : reuters-com

American Airlines 11/05/2012

19:42 : AMR, creditors agree to explore merger option-source - May 11 (Reuters) - AMR Corp, the bankrupt parent of American Airlines, will consider merger options with rivals including US Airways Group, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Source : reuters-com

American Airlines 07/05/2012

16:51 : American seeks more global flights, US codeshares - May 7 (Reuters) - American Airlines, which is being eyed by rival US Airways Group for possible takeover, plans to boost international flying and increase U.S. codeshares under a plan to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...

Source : reuters-com

American Airlines 02/05/2012

02:48 : AMR eliminates five senior management jobs - (Reuters) - The bankrupt parent of American Airlines has eliminated five senior jobs in a restructuring and said its lead labour strategist will step down.

Source : reuters-com

American Airlines 19/04/2012

17:01 : UPDATE 1-American parent AMR posts $1.7 bln 1st-qtr loss - April 19 (Reuters) - American Airlines parent AMR Corp , which is operating under Chapter 11 protection, posted a first quarter loss as fuel costs rose and it had big expenses tied to its reorganization.

Source : reuters-com

American Airlines 06/04/2012

23:45 : Hundreds of Dallas flights canceled for a fourth day - April 6 (Reuters) - Hundreds of flights from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport were canceled for a fourth consecutive day on Friday after a swarm of tornadoes touched down in the area on Tuesday, damaging more than 100 planes on the ground, American ...

Source : reuters-com

American Airlines 22/03/2012

16:55 : American Airlines parent may reject union pacts - NEW YORK, March 22 (Reuters) - The parent of American Airlines Inc was preparing to void union contracts through the bankruptcy process within one week unless there was a "profound change" in the unions' labor ...

Source : reuters-com

01:40 : AMR to seek termination of union contracts-Bloomberg - NEW YORK, March 21 (Reuters) - AMR Corp, the bankrupt parent of American Airlines, will ask a U.S. bankruptcy court to reject nine collective bargaining agreements with unions, after failing to secure cost-cutting ...

Source : reuters-com

American Airlines 08/03/2012

01:29 : AMR offers to freeze pension plans - The bankrupt parent company of American Airlines has offered to freeze, rather than terminate, the pension plans of many of its employees in a significant concession

Source : ft-com

American Airlines 06/03/2012

23:22 : AMR pilot group cannot form own committee-judge - March 6 (Reuters) - A bankruptcy judge on Tuesday denied a bid by a group of American Airlines pilots to form its own committee to speak for it in the bankruptcy of the carrier's parent, AMR Corp.

Source : reuters-com

American Airlines 25/02/2012

02:49 : AMR says it needs labor deals in 'matter of weeks' - Feb 24 (Reuters) - AMR Corp, the bankrupt parent of American Airlines, needs concessions from its labor groups in a matter of weeks, not months, in order to emerge from Chapter 11 in the near term, the company said on Friday.

Source : reuters-com

American Airlines 23/02/2012

00:37 : No room at 'full-up' Heathrow airport - The boss of Heathrow yesterday said Chinese and South American airlines were being turned away from routes into London because the world's busiest airport was full to capacity.

Source : independent-co-uk

American Airlines 15/02/2012

22:52 : UPDATE 1-American Airlines parent posts fourth-quarter loss - Feb 15 (Reuters) - AMR Corp, the parent company of American Airlines Inc, posted a fourth-quarter loss on non-cash charges and reorganization items.

Source : reuters-com

American Airlines 09/02/2012

22:32 : CORRECTED-COLUMN: American Airlines pension default Q&A - (In the fourth answer, corrects to more accurately describe different outcomes for distressed and standard pension plan terminations, and the services of the U.S. Administration on Aging's network of Pension Counseling and Information Projects.)

Source : reuters-com

American Airlines 02/02/2012

10:18 : American Airlines to cut 13,000 jobs - AMR Corp, the parent of bankrupt American Airlines, wants to slash 13,000 jobs and terminate employee pension plans as part of a cost-cutting strategy the carrier says is necessary to compete with rivals.

Source : irishtimes-com

American Airlines 07/12/2011

19:08 : American Airlines hits back after Alec Baldwin criticism - Airline takes to Facebook to say unnamed passenger was 'extremely rude' after being asked to turn off phone on flightAmerican Airlines has taken to Facebook to "provide the actual facts" after Alec Baldwin complained on Twitter that he was booted off ...

Source : guardian-co-uk

American Airlines 05/12/2011

18:37 : American Airlines must find own Chapter 11 path - (Reuters) - The lawyer who piloted United Airlines through the largest Chapter 11 bankruptcy case in that industry's history cautioned that American Airlines cannot just rely on the restructuring path cut by competitors.

Source : reuters-com

American Airlines 01/12/2011

22:11 : HOW TO PLAY IT: Navigating through the AMR bankruptcy - The Issue: The parent company of American Airlines , filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday. But there are still airline industry investing opportunities.

Source : reuters-com

17:00 : American Airlines: Excess baggage - IN BUSINESS, virtue is not always rewarded. Ford briefly gained some kudos among politicians and the public for being the only one of Detroit’s big three carmakers not to file for bankruptcy in the wake of the financial crisis, but the ...

Source : economist-com

01:15 : Costs key for AMR; fleet, routes need work - experts - (Reuters) - Bankruptcy will help American Airlines slash costs, but Chapter 11 is not a silver bullet for operational problems that dropped American from its top position among U.S. carriers to No. 3 in the last ...

Source : reuters-com

American Airlines 30/11/2011

11:59 : American Airlines' Boeing and Airbus order is 'rock solid' despite bankrupt - Tom Horton, the chief executive of American Airlines, insisted a £24.7bn order for 460 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus SAS is "rock solid" despite filing for bankruptcy protection.

Source : telegraph-co-uk

05:53 : American Airlines files for bankruptcy as debt grows - The parent company of American Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday, seeking relief from crushing debt caused by high fuel prices and expensive labour contracts that its competitors shed years ago.

Source : independent-ie

01:01 : American Airlines forced to seek shelter from economic storm - American Airlines became the last major US carrier to file for bankruptcy protection yesterday, blaming soaring fuel costs, low-cost airlines and mergers between competitors for its woes. AMR, the parent company ...

Source : independent-co-uk

American Airlines 29/11/2011

21:43 : American Airlines bankruptcy: top 10 US bankruptcy filings by number of ... - The bankruptcy filing of AMR, the parent company of American Airlines, is the seveth-biggest in US history measured by the number of employees. Here is the top 10.

Source : telegraph-co-uk

19:46 : US airlines that flew into safety of Chapter 11 - American Airlines has joined top names in civil aviation history TWA, Pan Am and Eastern Airlines to fly into Chapter 11American Airlines' rivals Continental, United Airlines and Delta have all declared Chapter 11 ...

Source : guardian-co-uk

17:03 : American Airlines files for bankruptcy protection - American Airlines, which grew out of an air-mail operation that employed aviator Charles Lindbergh, has filed for bankruptcy protection in a New York court after failing to agree on cost-cutting measures with ...

Source : telegraph-co-uk

13:56 : American Airlines files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection - World's fourth largest airline says it will honour tickets and reservations as it restructures its debts and costsAmerican Airlines, the world's fourth largest airline, has declared bankruptcy.The decision comes as the airline tries ...

Source : guardian-co-uk

12:59 : AMR, American Airlines file for bankruptcy - (Reuters) - AMR Corp , the parent company of American Airlines, filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a New York court on Tuesday.

Source : reuters-com

American Airlines 19/10/2011

23:36 : AMR, pilots resume contract talks, stock hit again - American Airlines and its pilots resumed contract talks on Wednesday with the company's chief executive saying achieving the kind of labor-cost reductions management wants to nail down will not be easy.

Source : ibtimes-co-uk