Company Watch - American Airlines.For more company news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/professional.htm Aug 28, 2006 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 Trans-Atlantic Jet Diverted. An American Airlines flight carrying 179 people from Manchester, UK, to Chicago was diverted to Bangor, Maine For other places with the same name, see Bangor. Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, MaineGR6, United States. It is the major commercial center for eastern and northern Maine. For U.S. , on Friday because of security concerns, the airline said. The US Transportation Security Administration said it learned of "a reported threat to the aircraft while it was en route." The FBI said the plane landed in Bangor at 12:45 p.m. ET (1645 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) See UTC. GMT - Universal Time 1 ). Richard Hedges, an American Airlines spokesman in London, said: "I can confirm AA flight 55 from Manchester to Chicago (was) diverted into Bangor, Maine, due to a possible security concern." Aug 25, 2006 American Airlines launched a website, www.flytochinaonaa.com, on which passengers and businesses can learn about and register support for the carrier's application to operate nonstop service between Dallas/Fort Worth and Beijing beginning in March. Following Northwest Airlines' announcement last week that it applied to operate Detroit-Shanghai service, there now are four carriers competing for the award of one transpacific trans·pa·cif·ic adj. 1. Situated on or coming from the other side of the Pacific Ocean. 2. Spanning or crossing the Pacific Ocean. route. "People and businesses in the southern and southwestern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. deserve the opportunity for a daily nonstop or one-stop route to China that has not been readily available to them in the past," AA Senior VP-Government Affairs Will Ris said. Chicago O'Hare, Newark and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden are the three current US gateways to China. Aug 22, 2006 Travelers, airlines adjust to new security rules. Business travelers are adapting to new security rules, but an increase in checked bags is straining baggage systems and causing delays. American Airlines reports checked baggage has increased up to 30% at some airports. Southwest Airlines has scheduled more ground workers to handle the boost in checked bags. Aug 21, 2006 |
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