American Airlines

American Airlines began life in 1930 as American Airways, a combination of dozens of small airlines stationed across the United States under one broad name. Since then, American Airlines has endured a lengthy, mostly successful history since its formation nearly a century ago.

In 1982, American Airlines underwent an approved reorganization, officially becoming a part of the AMR Corporation. In 1995, American Airlines announced its online presence, AA.com, and by 1996, allowed travelers to book flights directly through its site. In 2001, American Airlines merged with TWA, helping both entities out as they immediately struggled with the financial ramifications of 9/11.

American Airlines is currently based out of Fort Worth, Texas and operates hubs out of Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Miami, Puerto Rico, and St. Louis. According to a fact sheet published in 2008 on AA.com, American Airlines "and its regional airline affiliates, American Eagle and the AmericanConnection airlines, serve 250 cities in over 40 countries with about 4,000 daily flights."

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• No Rebooking For People With H1N1 , So, You Know, Good Luck Flying [H1N1]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 789
  When I look at flight attendants I do not see mere mortals. I see heroic flying immune systems. When the zombificating superflu does eventually strike, those who survive will no doubt be ruled by former flight attendants and elementary school teachers. In the meantime, theyll somehow continue working in a "flying ...
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• Buy a Dell Notebook, Earn AA Miles

  
  DisplayBlog — Authority: 138
  Copyright © 2009 Jin . Visit the original article at http://www.displayblog.com/2009/11/23/buy-a-dell-notebook-earn-aa-miles/ . Dell and American Arlines (AA) have teamed up to provide an interesting business proposition: buy a Dell notebook PC and earn AA miles. For instance, buy an Inspiron Mini 10 for US$469 ...
  10 hours ago

• Monday Morning JetLawg

  
  JETLawBlog: The Official Blog of the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law — Authority: 422
  In the news . . . Wired writer tries to find out if it’s possible to disappear in the digital world . England’s proposed new copyright laws are extremely controversial. Insurance company takes away Canadian woman’s long-term sick leave benefit after Facebook photos indicate she wasn’t suffering from ...
  1 day ago

• Flight attendants fake strike to make point

  
  Gadling — Authority: 703
  Filed under: North America , United States , Airlines Contract negotiations between American Airlines and its flight attendants have stalled. So, the flight attendants kicked off a fake strike on Wednesday. At Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, they picketed, handed out leaflets and wore red badges , ...
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• American Airlines Elite Status Members Getting New Perks

  
  My Travel Blog Widgets — Authority: 100
  New Perks for American Airlines Elite Status Members American Airlines has announced the addition of new privileges for its top customers called PriorityAccess. AAdvantage elite status members (executive platinum, platinum, gold AAdvantage or Oneworld Alliance emerald, sapphire or ruby), first and business class ...
  1 day ago

• American Airlines Fails In Service Recovery

  
  Customer Experience Matters — Authority: 120
  Yesterday was a real “fun” day. When I arrived at the San Francisco airport at noon for my 1:40 flight, I was informed that the flight was delayed until 7:30 PM. After a few seconds it sunk in — I wasn’t going to make it home last night. The agent didn’t really answer my questions about what had ...
  2 days ago

• American Airlines Puts Europe On Sale For Winter and Spring

  
  Wicked Good Travel Tips — Authority: 125
  Just as British Airway’s World-On-Sale is expiring, American Airlines has taken up the gauntlet.  From now until December 3rd, winter and spring flights from the USA to Europe have been discounted.  Fly Boston to Barcelona for $248 each way, New York to London for $256, DC to Frankfurt for $298, Chicago to Rome ...
  3 days ago

• Daily Tech: The Pogoplug Shares Content Via Four USB Drives

  
  GeekSugar — Authority: 671
  The Pogoplug is a neat gizmo that allows you to share movies, music, or photos using four USB drives - Gizmodo The BlackBerry Curve 8530 is now available from Verizon - RIMarkable American Airlines has just launched a widget that will let you know if your plane has WiFi - Engadget Check out the ultimate ...
  3 days ago

• Air Canada Will Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi, Too

  
  GigaOM — Authority: 784
  Air Canada is testing an in-flight Wi-Fi service from Aircell on its flights between Toronto and Los Angeles and Montreal and L.A. From now until Jan. 29, passengers can plunk down $9.95 per flight to surf on a laptop and $7.95 to access the Internet on smaller devices such as a smartphone or WiFi-enabled media ...
  3 days ago

• The Biggest Dilemma You Face Using Miles and Points Could Make You a Winner

  
  The Gate — Authority: 131
  If you face a dilemma using your miles and points, your frustrations could win you and nine other people free tickets to a sneak preview in New York City on December 1 of the new motion picture Up in the Air starring George Clooney thanks to Condé Nast and Wendy Perrin, and your dilemmas and/or questions will be ...
  3 days ago

• Frustrating Employees: American Airlines

  
  Copywrite, Ink. — Authority: 125
  It only took an hour for American Airlines to find and terminate Mr. X, a UX user experience architect working for the company, after he responded to a Web site critique offered up by Dustin Curtis, a designer who creates user interfaces and experiences. "The problem with the design of AA.com, however, lies ...
  3 days ago

• JAL decision wont affect ratings for American, Delta

  
  AIRLINE BIZ — Authority: 565
  Whether American Airlines keeps Japan Airlines or loses JAL, the outcome will not affect its credit ratings or that of parent AMR, Standard & Poors Rating Services said Friday. Nor, for that matter, will the outcome affect ratings for Delta Air Lines, which is trying to woo Japan Airlines away from American and ...
  3 days ago

• Dear American Airlines

  
  BraveNewCode Inc. — Authority: 412
  An oldie but a goodie: Dear American Airlines by Dustin Curtis . Thoughtful discussion on customer experience, design, & the wax in the ears of it all: corporate culture.
  3 days ago

• American Airlines launches online widget to sniff out WiFi-equipped flights

  
  Engadget — Authority: 871
  You may bang on the legacy airlines, but American Airlines has a good thing going here with Gogo . The outfit has just completed installation of in-flight WiFi on 150 of its MD-80 aircraft, and in order to give you a better idea of how to prepare, its now launching an online widget thatll let you know if your bird ...
  4 days ago

• American Airlines launches online widget to sniff out WiFi-equipped flights

  
  RSS fabriek — Authority: 167
  You may bang on the legacy airlines, but American Airlines has a good thing going here with Gogo . The outfit has just completed installation of in-flight WiFi on 150 of its MD-80 aircraft, and in order to give you a better idea of how to prepare, it’s now launching an online widget that’ll let you know if your ...
  4 days ago

• “Up in the Air” with the New Age of Marketing

  
  Black Web 2.0 — Authority: 524
  Last Saturday, I attended a press junket for the new George Clooney flick, “Up in the Air”. I was excited about the movie, but I was more excited about how the film would be shown. A group of journalists and bloggers from various publications were being taken on a chartered American Airlines plane to watch [...] ...
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• American offers tool to find if your flight will have Wi-Fi

  
  AIRLINE BIZ — Authority: 565
  If youre flying Friday to New York LaGuardia from D/FW Airport, you cant get Wi-Fi on Americans flights that depart at 6:10 a.m., 7:15 a.m. or 11 a.m. But if you take the 8:15 a.m., 9:05 a.m. or 10:05 a.m. flights, your airplane will be equipped with Wi-Fi. How do I know? Because I went to aa.com/wifiwidget and ...
  4 days ago

• What’s New in Aviation

  
  Flight Wisdom — Authority: 121
  We havent been writing enough lately. That does happen sometimes when real life interferes with this(which is unfortunately a hobby). Heres what weve been reading about. If Pat Kiernan of New York City based station NY1 can make a name for himself reading the newspaper and running Pats Papers online, we can try to see ...
  4 days ago

• tip of the week: ignore customers

  
  save the assistants — Authority: 126
  One day, a man named Dustin Curtis tried to book an American Airlines flight via the company’s official website, aa.com. A computer programmer and designer, he was horrified by how complicated it was to use the website. Rather than just being pissed off, Curtis published a post on his blog explaining how he would ...
  4 days ago

• Air Travel Computer Breakdown: The Hardest Hit Airlines

  
  WSJ.com: The Middle Seat Terminal — Authority: 120
  AirTran Airways, Delta Air Lines and jetBlue Airways seem to be hardest hit from this morning’s Federal Aviation Administration computer breakdown.
  4 days ago

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