Just in time for the kick-off of National Small Business Week, American Airlines survey on air travel trends also finds small and medium business customers: - Anticipate their company’s economic outlook to improve in next 12 to 18 months - Believe that airline travel is crucial to the success of their business - Actively control [...]

American to Enhance Customer Connectivity with Inflight Streaming Video and Expansion of Wi-Fi to Virtually Entire Domestic Fleet American Airlines, a founding member of theoneworld® Alliance, today secures another industry first. American is the first North American airline to begin testing the new inflight streaming video product from Aircell which will offer the airline’s customers [...]

New Flight Links American’s Route Network with That of Finnair Airlines - Route Is Also Part of Trans-Atlantic Joint Business with British Airways and Iberia American Airlines today launched its newest international flight from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to Helsinki, Finnair’s Nordic hub. Operating out of American’s “Gateway to the World” terminal at O’Hare from [...]

American Offers Happy Hour as a Fun Start to Summer Travel Season Customers can add a shot of fun to their travel next month onboard American Airlines, American Eagle and AmericanConnection. Customers traveling on select flights are invited to enjoy cocktails, wine, beer and special Margaritaville® margaritas at a discounted price of $5 during the month of [...]

Travel including interline partners Aer Lingus and American Airlines, and expanded access to Cape Air’s network in the Northeast and the Caribbean is now available for purchase on jetblue.com JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) is making it even easier to travel on its interline partners with today’s announcement that tickets that include travel on Aer Lingus [...]

Recognizing the power of the digital space to build and expand relationships with customers, oneworld alliance members American Airlines and British Airways recently launched the Miles Millionaire contest, their first major joint promotion in the U.S. for frequent flyers of both airlines.  The campaign demonstrates their commitment to offer customers more opportunities to enjoy rewards across [...]

FAA’s Self-Evaluation Program Like “Fox Guarding the Hen House” Yesterday, on the heels of the FAA secretly mandating removal of oxygen generators from airline lavatories, both American Airlines flight 547 and Southwest Airlines flight 812 decompressed. On BOTH flights, the oxygen masks deployed and people passed out due to an apparent lack of oxygen. The [...]

Carriers Kick Off Important Strategic Partnership American Airlines and WestJet Airlines have launched a comprehensive codeshare agreement that will give customers of both airlines more choices and greater connectivity when travelling between the United States and Canada, as well as across American’s worldwide network. This codeshare relationship allows American to place its AA* code on [...]

Newly-Enrolled Companies Can Earn Up to 20,000 Business ExtrAA® Points as Part of American’s Significant Expansion in Los Angeles For a limited time, companies based in California that newly enroll in the American Airlines Business ExtrAA® program can receive up to 20,000 Business ExtrAA bonus points – enough for 10 Economy PlanAAhead® awards* valid for [...]

Fares as Low as $378 Each Way Based on Round-Trip Purchase To celebrate the launch of its new service between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG), American Airlines is offering low introductory fares and American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles to customers flying the new route. In addition, customers can earn [...]