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American Airlines & US Airways Merge

After months of courtship, American Airlines and US Airways are officially tying the knot. In the aviation industry’s newest marriage, the two carriers will create the world’s largest airline.

2013/02/14

Boeing Moves 787 From Fort Worth To Washington

A Boeing 787 landed routinely in Washington, near the factory where it was assembled. The plane was flown in from Fort Worth where it had been painted in the colors of the airline, China Southern.

2013/02/07

Judge Says AMR Can Purchase New Planes

A bankruptcy judge has granted permission for AMR to buy new, fuel-efficient planes. American Airlines plans to receive nearly 60 planes this year and has 550 more on order.

2013/01/24

FAA Tries To Keep Up With Aviation Advances

After two separate and serious battery problems aboard Boeing 787s, it wasn’t U.S. authorities who acted first to ground the plane. It was Japanese airlines.

2013/01/21

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American Airlines Changing Boeing Jet Orders

American Airlines has renegotiated orders with Boeing Co. to save money and in some cases get a slightly smaller, less expensive version of the new 787 jet.

2013/01/15

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner accelerates down the runway. (FILE)

FAA To Launch Comprehensive Review Of Boeing 787

Federal regulators say they are ordering a comprehensive review of the critical systems of Boeing’s 787s, the aircraft maker’s newest and most technologically advanced plane, after a fire and a fuel leak earlier this week.

2013/01/11

Southwest Airlines takes delivery of its first Boeing 737-800 at Dallas Love Field on March 19, 2012. (credit: Southwest Airlines)

FAA Orders Increased Inspections On Older 737′s For Cracks

The FAA has ordered new inspections on older model Boeing 737′s in order to detect tiny cracks that could lead to tears in the fuselage.

CBS 11–2013/01/02

The tail sections of Southwest Airlines planes. (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

U.S. To Seek More Boeing 737 Inspections

Federal safety officials said that they are ordering additional inspections of some Boeing 737 jets after a hole tore open in a Southwest Airlines plane during flight in 2009.

2013/01/01

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

American Airlines Finishes Seat Inspections

American Airlines said that it has finished inspecting 48 planes and fixing loose seats on some of them. The airline added that all of the planes are back in service now.

2012/10/04

American Airlines aircraft. (credit: Joel Robine/AFP/Getty Images)

American Airlines Adding Lie-Flat Seats To Jets

American Airlines said that it will become the first U.S. airline to put lie-flat seats in new planes used on transcontinental flights, between New York and California.

2012/07/23

Southwest Airlines To Fix Planes For Delta

Southwest Airlines expects to pay $100 million to refurbish 88 planes that it will lease to Delta Air Lines. That’s twice as much the airline expected to spend if it had kept the planes.

2012/07/20

Delta & Southwest Finalize Plane Lease Deal

Delta has finalized an agreement to add 88 Boeing 717s to its fleet by leasing planes from Southwest Airlines. The Dallas-based airline inherited the planes when it bought AirTran last year.

2012/07/09