Company Watch - American Airlines.American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the announced that its 4.25% Senior Convertible Notes due 2023 now are convertible into shares of common stock. Apr 7, 2006 American Airlines sent letters to approximately 600 maintenance workers, cleaners, stock clerks and crew chiefs at 24 US airports warning them of possible layoffs. "We cannot say right now whether these job reductions will be temporary or permanent," said a letter to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. employees obtained by Bloomberg News. New AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Corp. Executive VP and CFO See Chief Financial Officer. Thomas Horton This article is about Thomas Horton, a 17th century English soldier. For Thomas Raymond Horton, a U.S. Representative from New York, see Thomas R. Horton. Thomas Horton has been on record saying he believes AA must cut labor costs to stay competitive. Apr 7, 2006 American Airlines said it is hopeful that it will be permitted to resume a fourth daily Miami-Caracas flight canceled in January owing to owing to prep. Because of; on account of: I couldn't attend, owing to illness. owing to prep → debido a, por causa de road conditions near Simon Bolivar International Airport. Operations were scheduled to begin last Monday, but the Venezuelan government has prohibited AA from restarting service. Venezuela agreed to postpone restrictions on other US flights until April 25 after meeting with US inspectors last week. "We were under the impression that once an agreement between the US and Venezuelan governments had been reached last week to allow service by US airlines to continue as previously scheduled, that American would be able to restore this service," the carrier said. "We are hopeful that this situation will be resolved shortly and that American's service will continue as scheduled." AA will continue to operate its remaining Venezuelan routes. Apr 5, 2006 |
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