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A jet bridge collapses at the Dublin Airport in Ireland, damaging an American Airlines Boeing 787 aircraft.
2023-07-9

The first commercial Boeing 737 MAX flight in the United States since worldwide groundings began in March 2020 occurs. The flight, between New York City's LaGuardia Airport and Miami International Airport, was operated by American Airlines.
2020-12-29

Cumulus Media files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and enters into a restructuring agreement with some of its lenders to reduce more than $1 billion of the debt accrued by the Atlanta-based radio broadcasting group since its 2011 purchase of Citadel Broadcasting, towards the end of a 30-day period for the company to secure a financing plan after defaulting on a $23.6-million debt payment on November 1. In a statement, Cumulus representatives said that the company expects all operations, programming and sales for its 459 radio stations across the U.S. to continue as normal during the restructuring process.
2017-11-29

American Airlines announces it is investigating a viral video of an incident on a San Francisco to Dallas flight which shows a male flight attendant upsetting a female passenger, who he had allegedly forcefully taken a baby buggy from, and threatening to fight a male passenger. The American Airlines employee has been suspended.
2017-04-22

The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) issues final approval for Alaska Airlines to acquire Virgin America, in a US$2.6 billion dollar merger. In exchange for approval, the DOJ requires Alaska Airlines to reduce its partnership with American Airlines.
2016-12-6

US Airways final flight, Flight 1939 – named for the airline's founding year, landed at Philadelphia International Airport at 5:54 a.m. Saturday. Future flights will fly under the American Airlines banner, completing the merger announced in 2013.
2015-10-17

United States Supreme Court associate justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg turns down a stay to block the December 9 American Airlines-US Airways merger.
2013-12-7

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Sean Lane, who is overseeing the case of the bankruptcy reorganization of American Airlines, gives his required approval to the American Airlines–US Airways merger, dismissing the objection of a passenger's group, clearing the way for it to go forward in December 2013 unless there is an appeal.
2013-11-27

US Airways and the bankrupt American Airlines announce a merger to form the world's largest air carrier trading as American Airlines.
2013-02-14

An American Boeing 767 passenger jet makes an emergency landing in Iceland after reports of chemical fumes in the cabin. A spokesman for Keflavik airport outside Reykjavík says several crew members on the American Airlines flight had complained of dizziness.
2010-04-13