Tag American Airlines
The next Battle of The Atlantic
There was a previous battle in world war two. The next one will not be violent but looks to be as belligerent. The next battle will be in the skies over the Atlantic as the newcomer LCCs pour capacity into…
Evaluating American Airlines Fleet and Likely Future Actions
American Airlines is the second in our airline fleet reviews. The airline today has a fleet based on various mergers, the most recent being US Airways (which had previously merged with America West). This followed a wave of airline consolidation…
American Airlines ditches seat back IFE on MAX
[Update: Each MAX seat will have both AC power (with an international outlet) as well as USB. No news on neo fleet yet] American Airlines will not install seat-back IFE screens on its 737 MAX fleet. The first four MAXs…
American Airlines switches WiFi vendors
In June the airline split its business between Gogo and ViaSat. We covered that story here. Back then, ViaSat was given the opportunity to work on 100 new 737 MAXs while Gogo was to install its 2Ku service on more…
Cancellation fees
Airlines have embraced ancillary fees as a way to make up for low fares. One of those fees was the “Reservation Cancellation/Change Fee”. Air travel is an activity that comes with many disruptive factors, as anyone can testify. The US…