The House’s version of the FAA reauthorization bill has been on the Senate floor for the past few weeks, but it’s currently stalled (although scheduled for a cloture vote today, May 6, which if passed would move it forward for consideration by the full Senate without more amendments or if lost would hold up the [...]
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The Internet is abuzz about the latest example of “eco- scandalous” airline behavior. An American Airlines flight from Chicago to London flew February 9 with only five passengers, using — reportedly — 22,000 gallons of Jet A. Why is this causing an uproar? The advocacy group Friends of the Earth considers it an “obscene waste [...]
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Posted in 1, tagged american, competition, usa on November 19, 2007 | No Comments »
The Dallas Morning News ran an in-depth report on American Airlines’ current woes, wondering “what if American hadn’t avoided bankruptcy?” The Ft. Worth-based airline was one of the only ones to avoid Chapter 11 in the early 2000s, and now it is being punished by Wall Street analysts for having (relatively) high labor costs and [...]
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