Thebean Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 American Eagle will stop flying its ATR-72 turboprop aircraft out of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport by Jan. 31, American Eagle's president and CEO told employees Tuesday.Eagle will continue to serve the 14 ATR markets from DFW with a combination of EMB-140 and EMB-145 jets," Dan Garton said in a letter. "We anticipate that the remaining ATR aircraft will continue to operate in Miami and San Juan for the near term."As part of the route changes, American Eagle will:• Discontinue seasonal service from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Augusta, Ga.• Reduce frequency "in a few select markets"• Stop flying from Miami to Fort Myers, Fla., and Savannah, Ga. (American will fly DFW-Fort Myers and American Eagle will fly DFW-Savannah)Three routes that were to be canceled Feb. 9 - Los Angeles-Boise, Chicago-Calgary and DFW-Fayetteville, N.C. - will be moved up to Jan. 31."We plan to notify the affected airports, customers and community leaders shortly," Garton said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEFCON Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I don't know how they're deploying their 'jet-props', but replacing them with smaller fan-jets doesn't sound like it makes much sense from an 'economics' pov? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fido Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 It shows wherein lies AA's basic problem when they were leasing junk like MD80's and A300's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModerateChop Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Hmmmm, maybe WestJet will be going ATR-72 afterall ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specs Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 "Those things spinning around at thousands of revolutions per minute just past your nose just scares the bejesus out of people,” Clive Beddoe, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebean Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 "Those things spinning around at thousands of revolutions per minute just past your nose just scares the bejesus out of people,” Clive Beddoe, 2006We'll never fly east of Winnipeg....(or at least admit it publicly, thus defering an undesired competitive reaction).Any chance of getting together to play some high stakes poker anytime soon?I promise I don't have a royal flush...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 80 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Hmmmm, maybe WestJet will be going ATR-72 afterall ?The newest of those things were delivered in 1998 and the oldest just turned 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEFCON Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 ATR 72-600 is the lattest new version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudder Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 By John Crawley(Reuters) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp, which has responsibility for insuring certain benefits under private defined benefit pension plans, said on Tuesday it believes American Airlines will seek to terminate employee pensions in bankruptcy.The agency said it filed a $92 million lien against American parent AMR Corp (Other OTC:AAMRQ.PK - News) for the balance of unpaid pension plan contributions. It added that the lien was applied to AMR assets outside the United States, mainly in Latin America.American filed for Chapter 11 protection in late November, citing uncompetitive labor costs. The carrier declined to comment on the PBGC statement.American's unions, meanwhile, were bracing for meetings with airline managers this week that may provide clarity on the cost savings the carrier hopes to win from labor."We believe that tomorrow they will outline the size of the cuts at American," said Jamie Horwitz, spokesman for the Transport Workers Union.He said he did not know when the workers of American Eagle, AMR's regional carrier, would learn the labor cost savings targets for that airline.PBGC continues to press AMR for information about pensions. The agency said it is not convinced from the data it has received or from the airline's cash on hand that plan terminations are necessary for the airline to reorganize.It is not uncommon for U.S. pension insurers to file liens in bankruptcy cases. Collecting on liens may need bankruptcy court approval.Liens have been filed on behalf of four pension plans - against aircraft, real estate, and other assets.The PBGC is an unsecured creditor in the American bankruptcy.American has not said whether it will terminate pensions covering 130,000 workers and retirees to save money.The PBGC estimates that American's pension shortfall - the difference between the assets of its plans and promised benefits - is $10 billion. If those plans were terminated today, the agency said it could not make up the entire amount of underfunding.American paid $6 million in pension contributions on January 15 out of just under $100 million owed for the fourth quarter. The next contribution is due April 15."We want American Airlines to reorganize successfully and succeed as a business. We would like it to succeed as a business without killing its employee pension plans," PBGC Director Josh Gotbaum said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airt Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Agents, Reps, Planners - TBDFleet Service & Other TWU - Approximately 4,200Flight Attendants - Approximately 2,300Management/Support Staff - Approximately 1,400Mechanics and Related - Approximately 4,600Pilots - Approximately 400Total - Approximately 13,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudder Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 For pilot types:http://www.restructu...FINAL_CLEAN.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudder Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 http://www.restructu...1-2012final.pdfhttp://www.restructu...AllAA020112.pdfAnd the moment that you have all been waiting for......here is the PLAN:http://www.restructu...AllAA020112.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebean Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 American Eagle will stop flying its ATR-72 turboprop aircraft out of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport by Jan. 31, American Eagle's president and CEO told employees Tuesday.Eagle will continue to serve the 14 ATR markets from DFW with a combination of EMB-140 and EMB-145 jets," Dan Garton said in a letter. "We anticipate that the remaining ATR aircraft will continue to operate in Miami and San Juan for the near term."As part of the route changes, American Eagle will:• Discontinue seasonal service from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport to Augusta, Ga.• Reduce frequency "in a few select markets"• Stop flying from Miami to Fort Myers, Fla., and Savannah, Ga. (American will fly DFW-Fort Myers and American Eagle will fly DFW-Savannah)Three routes that were to be canceled Feb. 9 - Los Angeles-Boise, Chicago-Calgary and DFW-Fayetteville, N.C. - will be moved up to Jan. 31."We plan to notify the affected airports, customers and community leaders shortly," Garton said.The reason I posted this 6 weeks ago was the mention in the last line of the release that few picked up on......Lo and behold....Airline complements eastern code-share flights with new service from the WestCALGARY, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - WestJet today announced it will launch daily non-stop service between Chicago and Vancouver and between Chicago and Calgary, effective May 14, 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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