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Struggling Japan Airlines was offered a 1.1 billion dollar lifeline on Thursday from partners led by American Airlines, amid a bidding war with Delta Air Lines for a piece of Asia's biggest carrier.
American Airlines upped the ante in the tug-of-war over Japan Airlines, vowing Thursday to lead a $1.1 billion investment in the struggling carrier to prevent it from falling into the orbit of rival D
American Airlines said Tuesday it hired James Ream, chief executive of ExpressJet Airlines Inc., to oversee all of its maintenance operations worldwide.
AMR rose $.08 or 1.2 percent, to $6.87. AirTran fell $.07 or 1.4 percent, to $4.88.
LONDON (AP) — Britain's Sun newspaper is reporting that a breast-feeding mother accidentally smothered her four-week old child on a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C. to Kuwait.
Spirit, already known for advertisements that skirt the line of tastefulness, is stirring up the pot again with an ad that plays off the hullabaloo ...
Finnair canceled more than 20 flights Wednesday as ground staff extended a walkout to protest outsourcing of cargo and baggage services and the transfer of hundreds of workers.
El Al Airlines is exploring code-share partnerships with U.S. domestic carriers as it looks to raise its global profile, the outgoing president and chief executive of the Israeli airline said Tuesday.
HOUSTON - Continental Airlines Inc. says customers whose flights may be delayed or canceled due to expected wintry weather this week in southeast Texas can change their plans without the usual penalty.
Airbus' backlog got a boost last month when an unnamed customer ordered 52 of its single-aisle A320 jets. The request lifts Airbus' net order tally to 194 through the first 11 months of 2009, the company said Thursday. The European jet maker leads rival Boeing in net orders this year.
Cargo traffic at Continental Airlines jumped 16.5 percent in November, the strongest year-over-year growth yet in 2009 amid growing signs of stability in the freight market for U.S. passenger airlines.
Delta Air Lines President Edward Bastian, right, speaks as he meets media about their update on the fight over the future of Japan Airlines in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Bastian says the billion dollar offer to get Japan Airlines to join its alliance is still on. At left is Jeffrey N. Shane, former official of Department of Transportation. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
Jeffrey N. Shane, former official of Department of Transportation, left, speaks as he meets media about update on the fight over the future of Japan Airlines in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. At right is Delta Air Lines President Edward Bastian. Delta Airlines President Ed Bastian says the billion dollar offer to get Japan Airlines to join its alliance is still on. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
SEATTLE — November traffic at Alaska Airlines rose 5.5 percent, boosting occupancy on its plan...
Carmine Romano, the American Airlines executive who oversees the company’s maintenance bases in Tulsa, Fort Worth and Kansas City, said Tuesday he is retiring Jan. 1.
AMR fell $.08 or 1.1 percent, to $6.71. AirTran rose $.03 or .6 percent, to $4.98.
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