AMR Risks Losing Control of Bankruptcy Exit

American Airlines parent AMR Corp (AAMRQ). risks losing control of its ability to exit bankruptcy as an independent carrier after three possible suitors emerged within two months of its Chapter 11 filing. (www.bloomberg.com) More...

Air France to cancel 40 percent of long-haul flights

(Reuters) - Air France said on Wednesday it expected to cancel up to 40 percent of its long-haul flights and up to 30 percent of shorter flights as a pilot strike ran into its third day. Air France has had to notify thousands of passengers of axed flights this week via email or text message. (www.reuters.com) More...

Airlines tumble 31% in 2011; outlook cloudy for 2012

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Airline stocks on ended a rough year deep in the red on Friday as sputtering demand and soaring fuel prices squeezed the industry’s profits, and 2012 is expected to be just as challenging. (www.marketwatch.com) More...

United Airlines ‘Lost’ an Unaccompanied Little Girl, Refused to Help Parents Find Her

In the abridged version of this story, Sutton's friends Annie and Perry Klebahn sent their 10-year-old daughter Phoebe to camp in Grand Rapids, which required her to fly as an unaccompanied minor aboard a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Chicago. In Chicago, a person from an unaccompanied minor service employed by United was supposed to greet Phoebe and take her to her next flight. That never happened. (gawker.com) More...

Pilot Killed in Cirrus Crash - Danbury, CT (KDXR)

Clipped a tower on final approach to landing. (www.newstimes.com) More...