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Another day of cancellations for American Airlines

Posted Apr 10th 2008 12:31PM by Michael Fowlkes (RSS feed)
Filed under: Bad news, Products and services, Consumer experience, AMR Corp (AMR)

It's another day of cancellations for American Airlines -- AMR Corp (NYSE: AMR) -- as its current round of plane inspections is moving slower than had been anticipated.

Roughly 900 of the airlines flights have been canceled today, representing around 40% of its usual daily flight volume. The delays started on Tuesday when the American announced that it had to re-run inspections that it held last month after the FAA decided that the work done did not meet its standards.

On Tuesday the airline canceled 460 flights, and then another 1,094 yesterday, so it has been a tough few days for passengers trying to get to their destinations. All in all, over 100,000 passengers have been effected by the current situation at American.

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American (AMR) to cancel up to 20% of its flights

Posted Apr 9th 2008 7:12AM by Michael Fowlkes (RSS feed)
Filed under: Bad news, Products and services, Consumer experience, AMR Corp (AMR)

American Airlines -- AMR Corp (NYSE: AMR) -- is once again canceling massive amounts of flights in order to inspect the bundling of wires in some of its airplanes. You may recall, that this is the same situation that led to around 400 cancellations last month, and this current inspection is estimated to affect even more flights, with up to 500 flights being canceled.

The current round of cancellations, which represents about 20% of total American flights, started late Tuesday afternoon, and was expected to last Tuesday night and into Wednesday, and possibly even beyond.

Passengers that were scheduled to fly the canceled American flights have been switched over to alternative American flights, or placed on other airlines that service the selected routes.

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More cancellations for American (AMR) and Delta (DAL) passengers

Posted Mar 27th 2008 10:47AM by Michael Fowlkes (RSS feed)
Filed under: Other issues, Bad news, Products and services, Management, Consumer experience, Scandals, Boeing Co (BA), Southwest Airlines (LUV), AMR Corp (AMR), Delta Air Lines (DAL)

For anyone who has plans to fly on American Airlines, AMR Corp (NYSE: AMR) or Delta (NYSE: DAL) today, you may want to call ahead and verify that your flights are still taking off as planned, as both airlines are canceling hundreds of scheduled flights today.

Both carriers are grounding a large number of flights as they continue to hold inspections on wiring bundles on some of their planes. For American, the company is planning to ground 132 of its flights today, while Delta is canceling 275 flights.

The Federal Aviation Administration is in the middle of a massive inspection project, in which it stated that it will be inspecting 10 safety orders (also known as airworthiness directives) at every single major airline by March 28. This comes after a scandal broke out over missed inspections at Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) earlier this year.

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Northwest cancellations: Will NWA be grounded?

Posted Jul 24th 2007 6:10PM by Kevin Shult (RSS feed)
Filed under: Bad news, Consumer experience, Competitive strategy, AMR Corp (AMR), UAL Corp (UAUA), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Stocks to Sell

Since it came out of bankruptcy two months ago, Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) has canceled a significant amount of flights because of a pilot shortage. Over 147 Northwest flights were canceled over the past weekend and more than 60 were canceled on Monday. By mid-day today, 30 more were grounded.

While these recent cancellations don't compare to the 1,000 flights that were cut in June, Northwest failed to meet the industry's target of 98.0% completed flights. The numbers are also worse than Northwest's rivals' performances. USA Today reported that Northwest's 76 cancellations Sunday totaled 5.6% of the day's flights. In comparison, American Airlines (NYSE: AMR) cut six flights, United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAUA) canceled 33 and Delta (NYSE: DAL) cut four. All provide more daily flights than Northwest.

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Airlines encouraging driving vacations

Posted Jun 27th 2007 9:51AM by Tom Barlow (RSS feed)
Filed under: Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), US Airways Group (LCC), UAL Corp (UAUA), JetBlue Airways (JBLU)

In what might prove to be great news for General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) and Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F), the airline industry continues to foul its own nest by treating customers like egg-laying hens, penning them up until they've been squeezed dry, then plucking them clean.

Northworst, I mean, Northwest Airlines Corp. (NYSE: NWA) is the current worst-in-class, as its 'passengers' have been caught in the middle of a labor dispute between pilots and the airline, facing canceled flight after canceled flight. However, Northwest is just one of many culprits in this effort to convince the American public to take a car vacation.

US Airways (NYSE: LCC), aka 'Air Mañana,' was the perpetrator of six of the ten most delayed fights in April. We all remember the JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) debacle this winter, and NPR's Scott Simon has documented his ongoing problems with United Airline's (NASDAQ: UAUA) unresponsive lost luggage department.

Even with airlines padding their flight times to increase on-time arrivals, almost one in every four is delayed. And while the industry continues to use weather as the whipping boy, according to FAA statistics it accounts for less than 1% of delays.

As we enter the vacation season, I would have expected the airline industry to put its best foot forward. Instead, it seems to be dropping its collective drawers to moon us. My advice? Drive. Yes, you'll be cooped up in a small chair, but you can get up to pee any time you wish.

Flight delay info can be found on the FAA website.

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