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Fort Worth Air Show To Go On Without Navy Blue Angels

Sequestration means the U.S. Navy doesn’t have the money to fly air shows in the group’s brilliant blue and yellow F-18 fighters. And that sequestration fall-out left the future of the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show up in the air.

CBS 11–2013/06/04

AMR Maintenance Facility Staying Open Longer

Friday should have been the end of the line for hundreds of AMR maintenance facility employees in Fort Worth. However, the company is not ready to say goodbye to those workers.

2012/12/14

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Alliance Airport Examines Its Future

While Alliance still makes money from cargo landings and departures, officials are dealing with the impending loss of two major tenants, American Airlines and Bell Helicopter.

2012/11/23

American Airlines Announces New Destinations From LAX, Including Non Stop To Shanghai

Hundreds Of AA Workers Could Soon Lose Jobs

Hundreds of American Airlines mechanics, stock clerks and other workers who are represented by the TWU are receiving notices Thursday morning, and this week they could lose their jobs.

2012/10/25

Woman Allegedly Left For Dead In Fort Worth

A woman is recovering from injuries sustained during an alleged kidnapping and rape after she was found in Fort Worth.

2012/09/24

American Airlines Cost Cutting Measures Begin

American Airlines sent a letter to employees Wednesday night, laying out the first changes for their employment as the company began the cost cutting needed to keep the bankrupt air carrier in the air.

CBS 11–2012/09/12

Mayor: Companies Interested In AA Maintenance Facility Space

Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price says don’t expect overgrown grass and empty lots at the site of the American Airlines maintenance base at Alliance Airport. The city has already heard from several companies interested in moving into the space.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/09/12

AA To Shutter Fort Worth Maintenance Facility

American Airlines plans to eliminate 1,090 jobs when it shuts down a Fort Worth maintenance facility in December.

2012/09/10

Alliance-Area Businesses Support American Merger If It Saves Jobs

Nearby businesses say they’re dependent on the business they get from American’s employees.

2012/04/20

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks during a press conference at the Treasury building on February 2, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Treasury Secretary Geithner Visits North Texas

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is making a whirlwind visit to DFW to promote the transportation elements of President Obama’s proposed 2013 budget.

2012/03/08

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American Airlines Pressured To Save Pension Plans

The federal pension insurance agency filed $91 million in liens against American Airlines property in a bid to pressure the company to save its retirement plans.

2012/02/01

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Company Announces Fort Worth Subdivision Expansion

Hillwood Properties has laid out expansion plans for a project called AllianceTexas. Hillwood wants to build 3,000 multifamily units over the next 10 years.

2012/01/31