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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• December 4 in history

  
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• American and TPG Offer $1.1 Billion to JAL

  
  DealBook — Authority: 760
  American Airlines and its partners countered Delta Air Lines recent offer of $1 billion in support for Japan Airlines with a deal it argued was "vastly superior," escalating a tug-of-war over the troubled Japanese carrier.
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• American Airlines Offers Aid to Japan Carrier

  
  NYT > Global Home — Authority: 155
  American Airlines countered a $1 billion offer of aid for Japan Airlines, escalating a tug-of-war with Delta Airlines and its partners over the Japanese airline.
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• Up in the Air

  
  Flight Wisdom — Authority: 120
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• Tom Horton argues Americans case in the tug of war for Japan Airlines

  
  AIRLINE BIZ — Authority: 539
  American Airlines CFO Tom Horton held a Tokyo press conference at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, which was 9:30 p.m. Wednesday Dallas time to talk up the reasons Japan Airlines should stay with Oneworld and American. Earlier, Delta Air Lines president Ed Bastian discussed why JAL should leave Oneworld and align with Delta and ...
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• Reach American Airlines Customer Service

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 800
  American Airlines unpublished customer service number is 817-963-1234. Press 00 and say "agent" to get an operator. Dont press 3, because thats just a trick.
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• QuietComfort 15 Headphone Offer Great Sound, Blocks Outside Noise

  
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• Claudia De La Rosa makes bomb threat to delay American Airlines flight

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Miami, Dec 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Claudia De La Rosa’s boss was running late for his flight. And she thought she had nailed the perfect way in order to make him get aboard the American Airlines flight. But sadly it is now coming back to haunt her. She phoned the airport with a false bomb [...]
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• Short of a bomb threat, what would you do to make a plane?

  
  Consumer Traveler — Authority: 144
  Weve all been there, and most of us will even admit it. Some days you just cut it a little close getting to the airport. (And sometimes its not even your fault.)
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• Passenger Of Size Allegedly Has Picture Taken By Flight Attendant

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 800
  We can in no way confirm that this is true, but the Telegraph is reporting that this photo was "reportedly" taken by an American Airlines flight attendant who wanted to illustrate to airline managers the difficulty of dealing with passengers who cannot fit into seats. Southwest Airlines delicately calls these people ...
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• Bomb Threat Made to Delay Boss Flight

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 686
  An employee made a bogus bomb threat about an American Airlines plane in an effort to delay the flight for her boss. The woman felt bad about making her boss late for his flight and thought calling in the bomb threat would buy enough time for him to make it.
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• ExpressJet CEO Ream moves to American, Carmine Romano retires

  
  AIRLINE BIZ — Authority: 539
  American Airlines Inc. has named ExpressJet Airlines Inc. president and chief executive officer James Ream as Americans senior vice president of maintenance and engineering, effective Jan. 1. Ream replaces Carmine Romano, a 41-year veteran who is retiring, American said. Ream is returning to American, where he ...
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• Swine flu puts airlines, travelers in tough spot

  
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  “As outbreaks of the H1N1 virus inject more frazzle into already-frayed travelers, airlines and their approach to sick passengers are being scrutinized… The airlines say they are listening to fliers’ concerns and, in several cases, reacting. Some are even specifically looking for swine flu… Earlier this ...
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• Flight attendant photographs obese passenger / safety hazard

  
  Gadling — Authority: 701
  Filed under: Airlines The story behind this photo is that a flight attendant on an American Airlines flight pulled out her camera phone to show how airlines deal with the problem of obese passengers. As you can see, no amount of seat belt extenders is going to help this fellow "of size". The photo was ...
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• A canceled flight, a missing refund

  
  Consumer Traveler — Authority: 144
  When Sarah Paynters honeymoon flight is delayed by two days, she buys a ticket on another carrier with the promise of a refund from her first airline. But now that the honeymoon is over, theres no sign of the money. What now?
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• Will a B.A.-American Tie-Up Get Off the Ground?

  
  DealBook — Authority: 760
  British Air could hear before Christmas on antitrust immunity with American Airlines, Breakingviews says, but the devil will be in the details.
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• Obese air passenger exposed

  
  Tabloid Prodigy — Authority: 145
  An American Airlines flight attendant was unhappy that an obese passenger was allowed to board a flight without paying for two seats. She took a photograph of him to show managers the difficulty in seating a passenger who is overweight. She then leaked it to the interwebs. Looks like she had to have to get creative ...
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• Brittany Murphy’s husband taken ill on flight

  
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• Is this big guy a big fraud or did he really fly?

  
  AIRLINE BIZ — Authority: 539
  A helpful reader sent along a London Telegraph story , with a photo reprinted from the Flightglobal.com Web site, that purports to show a very large man sitting in an aisle seat on an American Airlines flight. Actually, hes half sitting in the seat, half protruding in the aisle. The photo supposedly was taken by ...
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