Company Watch - American Airlines.May 14, 2007 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 Federal Credit Union (AA Credit Union) unveiled cent$ -- a new, quarterly, custom financial education and lifestyle magazine -- at an invitation-only launch event attended by several AA Credit Union Board and Supervisory Committee members and management staff from AA Credit Union, American Airlines and AAP AAP - Association of American Publishers Custom, a division of American Airlines Publishing. AA Credit Union has partnered with AAP Custom to publish the magazine. May 10, 2007 American Airlines is reserved on the effect open skies  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . will have on its US-EU traffic. Past applications were shelved after regulatory bodies, especially the European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community , asked for slot surrender at London Heathrow that both airlines considered too high a price. May 9, 2007 American Airlines and its regional affiliate, American Eagle, are again offering South Florida travelers great savings to select destinations in the Caribbean, the Bahamas and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . May 9, 2007 American plans to recall up to 200 furloughed attendants American Airlines said it will recall up to 200 furloughed flight attendants. The attendants are scheduled to begin training in June, and then will receive assignments on the East Coast. The airline has conducted a series of recalls since 2001, the most recent of which occurred in 2004. May 8, 2007 Huge Mural at American Airlines JFK Terminal Blends Global Skylines, Making the World Smaller dramatic 397-foot long mural recently installed at the new American Airlines terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK (JFK) underscores the facility's status as one of the world's premier domestic and international gateways. May 8, 2007 American Airlines pilots, represented by the Allied Pilots Assn., last week presented a proposal to management asking for a 30.5% pay rate increase on the date a new labor agreement is signed retroactive to May 1, 2008, a 15% signing bonus A signing bonus or sign-on bonus is a sum of money paid to a new employee by a company as an incentive to join that company. These are often given as a way of making a compensation package more attractive to the employee e.g. if the annual salary is lower than they desire. and 5% annual raises in following years. APA (All Points Addressable) Refers to an array (bitmapped screen, matrix, etc.) in which all bits or cells can be individually manipulated. APA - Application Portability Architecture President Ralph Hunter said other stakeholders "have already recovered their investment in our airline's turnaround. . .it is time for our pilots to begin doing the same." He pointed to "large bonuses" received by AA senior executives over the past two years and said management must "appropriately" pay pilots their fair share. Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. in a research note estimated the contract would add as much as $500 million a year to AA's operating budget Noun 1. operating budget - a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g. , although this does not factor in possible productivity improvements. The signing bonus would add a further $400 million assuming ratification by May 1, 2008. May 7, 2007 American says it needs flexibility for delayed flights American Airlines says it must maintain the flexibility to respond to lengthy delays that potentially can inconvenience travelers for extended periods. The airline had promised not to hold travelers in a grounded plane for more than four hours, but now says four hours is a guideline. A group of travelers is urging lawmakers to adopt a rule that would force carriers to limit the time passengers wait inside planes. May 7, 2007 American Airlines to Begin New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of - St. Kitts and Nevis Noun 1. St. Kitts and Nevis - a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983 Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Christopher-Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. Service American Airlines, already the largest U.S. airline flying out of New York to the Caribbean, will further enhance its schedule to the region this fall when it begins convenient nonstop service from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to St. Kitts and Nevis. May 7, 2007 American Airlines plans to maintain a low-to-negative growth strategy for the foreseeable future even as it accelerates deliveries of Boeing 737-800s to replace its MD-80 fleet. American said that 737-800 deliveries will continue to be "pulled forward" but that replacing the MD-80 fleet, which numbers more than 270, likely will take nine years beginning in 2009. American will lower capacity by 3% year-over-year in the second quarter and by 2% for the full year as it remains "focused on balance sheet repair." May 10, 2007 Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new, free service that aims to keep travelers informed flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. May 7, 2007 |
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