Passenger Air Transportation

American Airlines Grounds All Flights, Will Offer Refunds as Soon as the Computers Work

UPDATE: We are now in a system-wide ground delay until 4:00pm CT as we work to resolve this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience.— American Airlines (@AmericanAir) April 16, 2013 American Airlines broke the news a while ago that it's in the midst of a massive, system-wide computer failu ... More >>

Mayor Mike Rawlings Offers American Airlines and Its Employees His "Emotional Support"

​Over the course of the day a few items have rolled in related to American Airlines and AMR's Chapter 11 filing this morning. Among them: A Q&A from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport about how the bankruptcy might but probably won't affect the airport (it follows in full); and a statemen ... More >>

The Juice is Loose on AA Flight 614

​Too bad we still don't do our Ask An American Airlines Spokesman bit. Could come in handy on a day like today, which we begin, thanks to one good Friend of Unfair Park, with Dallas consultant Dave Koss's lengthy tale of an AA flight attendant's bizarre response to a first-class passenger's reques ... More >>

Well, This is One Way to Clean the Inside of a Plane: Go Green! Right, Southwest?

Southwest Airlines had its Media Day today, so expect myriad deep-think pieces in coming hours about the Love Field-based carrier's newfangled "Green Plane." Um, which is ...? Well, here's the press release that inventories all the "environmentally friendly interior materials" being used, among them ... More >>

American Makes $278 Mil From Checked Bags, to Which Southwest Responds, "So?"

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, American Airlines pocketed $278 million in bag fees last year, putting it at the top of the list of airlines making extra scratch by charging to lose your luggage. But Dallas-based Southwest Airlines insists it still won't go there: Southwest CEO G ... More >>

So, You Want to Know Who's Paying for the Dallas Love Field Redo, Do You?

Pardon, but light of yesterday's announcement that American Eagle has flown the coop at Dallas Love Field till the dust settles, city officials would like to clear up any misconceptions concerning the forthcoming extreme makeover scheduled at the airport. Construction's scheduled to occur sooner tha ... More >>

Chewing The Fat: Wednesday Ground 'Round

This week's roundup is a little heavy on beverage news. Don't worry, we haven't found more urine-based drinks--yet. But we did stumble on some good news from US Airways and a handy DIY for those of you who can't afford home brewing kits. At last, US Airways decided to give coach-class customers f ... More >>

Are You Too a "Bewildered and Angry Flier"?

The Wall Street Journal this morning examines airlines' inconsistently, almost arbitrarily enforced rules and regulations -- you know, the kind that result in "bewildered and angry fliers." As a prime example, the paper checks in with a frequent flier who found himself subject to the whims of an Ame ... More >>

Dallas Animation Studio Tapped to Tick Off 1000 Ways to Die for Spike TV

Liquid Logixx, a 3D computer animation studio on South Lamar, counts among its clients American Airlines, PepsiCo, IBM, Texas Instruments and the American Heart Association. It's the studio's work for the latter than has resulted in the latest addition to its roster, Spike TV -- specifically, the sh ... More >>

For that Special Someone on Your List, How About an AA Flight Simulator?

There's a small but interesting item of note on the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Facility Improvement Corporation Board's meeting agenda today -- and, right, whatever that is. Seems American Airlines is looking to unload one of its flight simulators. It's not for one of the big planes, th ... More >>

AA Flight Attendants to Work the Picket Counter at DFW Tomorrow

Better Than a Panty Liner: AA's Tim Wagner Is Now Talking MANPADS

Airline Execs Now Have Common Enemy: Goddamned Oil Speculators!

Got Gas? Or, No Need to Ask Tim Wagner Why American's Raising Its Fares.

About That American Airlines Fare Increase ... Yeah, Just Forget About That

Southwest Airlines Don't #$*!% Around

Shattered Glass: Or, This Morning's Question for AA's Tim Wagner

For One Man, At Least, Hating American Airlines Can Be High Literary Art

The American Way: Pissed. Off.

Based Here. Best Here. Surely You Jest Here?

Television Haters Want American To Fly Friendler Fare. They'll Get Right On It.

Welcome to Hell: Or, Good Luck Getting Out of DFW, Suckers.

They Know Why You Don't Fly

The Fear of Not Flying

Herb Kelleher Had Himself a Good Ol' Time In Front of Congress

Fly the Gay-Friendly Skies

American Airlines: They'll Get Ya There. At Some Point.

What's a Little Human Excrement Between Fellow Prisoners ... I Mean, Passengers?

Come Fly With Them

Things You Learn While Being Put on Hold by Southwest Airlines

Wi-Fi the Friendly Skies?

AA: Puttin' Flight Attendants Back to Work -- Well, 200 of Them, Anyway

TWA Flight Attendants' Fury at American Airlines Takes Flight

KZPS: Now the Best Radio Station Ever?

AMR Boss Makes $10 Million. Former TWA Flight Attendents Want Their Share. Or, At Least, Their Jobs.

Southwest by Southwest

Southwest Still Good; American, Getting Worse

Match Game

And Qantas Never Crashed

It's a Secret, No Doubt

Flights of Fancy

We Have One More Way to Save Money: Cancel Your Daily Paper, Maybe?

It's the American Way

For a Change, American Airlines is Against Itself

Quite the Sales Pitch, AMR

Mayor Tries to Shoot Down DMN Story

The Unfriendly Skies

All's Fare

Memory Problem

Plans for a 9-11 memorial for American Airlines workers hit snags

Is this any way to run an airport?

Black bookseller Robert Crews once ran a thriving store at D/FW. Now he's in court fighting to save his business, thanks to airport policies that boost local minorities and squeeze airport concessionaires