American Airlines AAL.O shares fall 1.2% to $10.45 in premarket trading ** Bernstein downgrades carrier’s rating to “market-perform” from “outperform”, cuts price target to $12 from $18 ** “AAL has been losing share in high-value business markets and is currently commercially rudderless in the face of some material network headwinds,” Bernstein says ** As the…

MIAMI — An American Airlines mechanic is accused of sabotaging a flight over stalled union contract negotiations. According to an affidavit from a federal air marshal assigned to an FBI terrorism task force, Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani admitted during an interview Thursday that he tampered with a navigation system on the plane so that he…

Passengers of an American Airlines flight from Miami to London were forced to wait some 20 hours in Bermuda after the aircraft was diverted due to a “possible mechanical issue,” including smoke that was reported in the cockpit, according to media accounts. Angry vacationers returning to the United Kingdom posted photos online showing passengers sleeping…

Sitting south of the Bahamas and north of the island holding Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the British overseas territory of Turks and Caicos is often considered to be one of the world’s most luxurious vacation destinations. While the territory making up the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands has a permanent population…

If you’re looking for a trendy new bag, you might just get one from an unexpected source: United Airlines. One employee at the world’s third-largest airline recently pioneered an exciting, eco-friendly project to turn the airline’s trash into functional fashion treasure. What’s happening? Safety regulations require airlines to carry life vests for every passenger on…

United Airlines flight attendants endured an undoubtedly challenging weekend as a global IT outage wreaked havoc across the aviation industry. However, the crewmembers grasped a new reality on Sunday as management updated their absence policy with little notice. The move has their union, the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), accusing the Chicago-based carrier of violating…

A United Airlines flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Houston had to divert to Atlanta Wednesday because of a mechanical issue. United did not go into detail on the nature of the issue. However, the Federal Aviation Administration, which is investigating the incident, said, “United Airlines Flight 575 landed safely at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport…

CHICAGO, March 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — United Airlines today announced an order to purchase 25 new Boeing 737-700 aircraft. The order is in addition to the previously announced order of 40 737-700s. United will take delivery of the aircraft beginning at the end of 2017. The new 737-700 aircraft will enable United to continue utilizing…