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American Airlines flies to record second-quarter revenues and $1.3 billion profit

American Airlines reported total revenue of $14.1 billion in its second quarter, the highest quarterly revenue in the airline’s history, as international travel demand spiked this year.

Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2023

American Airlines pilots want bargaining do-over after United bests on pay

The union that represents American Airlines pilots is calling out the carrier to make changes to a “woefully deficient by comparison” contract following the tentative agreement for United Airlines pilots that they say pays better.

Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2023

United’s contract with pilots puts Southwest Airlines in the hot seat

While other major carriers have struck industry-leading deals with their pilots, Southwest Airlines’ pilots union says the Dallas-based carrier needs to ramp up contract negotiations before the busy holiday traveling season.

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2023

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom says carrier ‘is prepared to match Delta pay rates’

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom says the Fort Worth-based carrier “is prepared to match” rival Delta’s new pilot contract by raising pay a cumulative 40% over four years and improving profit sharing.

Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2023

Former American Airlines CEO Doug Parker stepping down as chairman

Former American Airlines CEO Doug Parker, who led the company through the merger that brought together American Airlines and US Airways to form the world’s largest carrier, is stepping down as the company’s chairman at the end of April, the company said Thursday.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023

Higher airfares drive American Airlines to big fourth-quarter profit

Higher airfares and strong demand for travel pushed American Airlines above pre-pandemic profit levels for the recently finished fourth quarter, the company said Thursday.

Tribune News Service · Jan 12, 2023

Delta’s 34% pay raise offer to pilots ups ante for airline negotiations

A tentative contract deal between Delta Air Lines and union pilots sets a new standard in the increasingly expensive battle for the travel industry’s most coveted employees.

Tribune News Service · Dec 6, 2022

American Airlines may be closing in on contract with pilots

American Airlines is nearing a contract agreement with pilots after more than two years of negotiations, although most union members have not seen the deal.

Tribune News Service · Oct 26, 2022

Airlines Face a Shortage of New Boeing, Airbus Jets

Airlines in need of more pilots and spare parts are increasingly facing another shortage: new jets.

Bangkok Post · Oct 5, 2022

American-JetBlue antitrust trial testing limits of industry consolidation

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom told a federal judge Monday that the carrier was hindered in markets like New York and Boston because of the headstart that Delta and others had as blockbuster mergers shrunk the industry over the last two decades.

Tribune News Service · Oct 3, 2022