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The Pentagon on Sunday ordered a string of American commercial airlines to join its chaotic evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghans and foreigners fleeing Kabul after its fall to Taliban terrorists.

A woman was apparently duct-taped to an airplane seat after allegedly attacking flight attendants and trying to open the aircraft’s door during the flight.

American Airlines canceled hundreds of flights over the weekend because of staffing shortages and additional issues, challenges the carrier is grappling with as travel demand increases.

American Airlines is investigating a Texas pilot after it was asked to review his posts and podcast that criticized the Carroll ISD’s proposed “diversity and inclusion initiative” and those who support it.

American, United, and Southwest Airlines are grounding their Boeing 737 Max jets yet again due to what Boeing says are electrical system issues with the model.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) is “stunned” American Airlines issued a statement opposing an election integrity bill, Senate Bill 7, following passage early Thursday morning, as the CEO admittedly did not read the legislation.

American Airlines is under fire for letting President Joe Biden’s Climate Envoy John Kerry violate its mask mandate without consequence.

John Kerry, President Biden’s administration’s climate envoy, appeared to forgo a mask while flying first class on an American Airlines flight from Boston to Washington, violating the federal mask mandate, according to reports. 

An American Airlines pilot reportedly spotted a “long, cylindrical object” during a flight to Phoenix on Sunday.

United, Southwest, Alaska, and American Airlines have all adopted a policy banning the checking checking of guns on DC-bound flights beginning this weekend.

This week, the Boeing 737 Max returned to the commercial airways with a three-hour American Airlines flight between Miami and New York City. Tuesday’s flight marked the first time that a Boeing 737 Max transported commercial passengers since the plane was grounded in 2019 following two fatal crashes.

The Brazilian airline GOL will resume Boeing 737 Max passenger flights on Wednesday. The flights will mark the fleet’s first passenger flight in nearly two years. The 737 Max fleet was grounded by aviation officials around the world after two fatal crashes that occurred in 2018 and 2019.

American Airlines announced over the weekend that it will charter five flights on the infamous Boeing 737 Max carrying only its own employees as part of a trial program. The FAA approved the fleet for a return to the airways in November following a 20-month hiatus that occurred after two fatal crashes that occurred in 2018 and 2019.

A man was taken into custody in Philadelphia after officials say he behaved erratically and made “alarming statements” during a flight on Thursday.

American Airlines said it will begin furloughing 19,000 workers after lawmakers and the White House can’t agree on a coronavirus relief deal. The aid package that avoided layoffs since March expires on October 1.

A woman on a recent American Airlines flight who left a note calling a flight attendant a “mask nazi” has been banned for life from using the carrier.

American Airlines crews will be allowed to wear Black Lives Matter pins on their uniforms while on duty, the company announced Sunday.

Amid the second wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic, The Business Roundtable called on Friday for every company to require employee and customer masks.

American Airlines and Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced in a joint statement Friday that they would be giving thousands of free vacations to New York City health care workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.

A woman who was preoccupied with the death of her dying mother was in for a surprise when she realized she was the only passenger on the plane.

American Airlines announced the suspension of flights to Milan, Italy, from New York and Miami after an aircrew refused to fly an assigned route. The suspension is expected to last at least seven weeks.

Shares of big airlines, cruise line companies, hotels, casinos, and luxury retailers were among the biggest decliners in Monday’s coronavirus selloff.

The Allied Pilots Association cited “serious, and in many ways still unknown, health threats posed by the coronavirus.”

American Airlines announced Wednesday that it will cancel several flights from Los Angeles to Shanghai and Beijing next month as the deadly coronavirus continues to spread throughout parts of the globe.

The CDC says it is considering expanding screening for travel to the U.S. New York officials say infection is inevitable

A California American Airlines mechanic who worked for the company for more than 30 years pleaded guilty to intentionally tampering with an aircraft to avoid up to 20 years in prison, according to reports.

An American Airlines flight slid off an icy runway at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Monday morning.

The Cuban exile who remains the rightful owner of the José Martí International Airport in Havana filed a federal lawsuit against American Airlines on Wednesday, accusing them of using property stolen by the country’s communist regime. 

An American Airlines mechanic who arrived in the United States from Iraq was denied bail this week after allegedly sabotaging a July flight due to his potential ties to the Islamic State (ISIS).

An American Airlines mechanic who is accused of sabotaging a commercial flight originally arrived in the United States from Iraq, Breitbart News has confirmed. 

(AP) — An American Airlines mechanic is accused of sabotaging a flight over stalled union contract negotiations.

American Airlines is planning to donate $75,000 each to a Dayton, Ohio, and an El Paso, Texas, community organization in light of the recent mass shootings to help the communities rebuild from tragedy.

Former Army Ranger Major Christian Richard Martin was pulled from a plane at Louisville International Airport on Friday.

A New Jersey woman said her husband, a police officer, was called “a killer” by an American Airlines employee last month when she went to customer service over a missing bag after her flight was redirected to Memphis, TN, according

JetBlue, Delta, United, American, Southwest, and Alaska Airlines all reportedly experienced “systemwide outages” across multiple U.S. airports, Monday, which led to the grounding of flights. The FAA has said a flight planning weight and balance program used by the airlines caused the outages.

The world’s largest airline plans to cancel roughly 90 flights a day next month after being forced to ground all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.