The Latest Breaking News from American

The Biden administration sued on Tuesday to block the $3.8 billion purchase, saying the deal would reduce competition and drive up air fares for consumers.

Two conservative organizations, The National Center for Public Policy Research and the American Civil Rights Project, are demanding that American Airlines stop considering race while hiring just as the Fort Worth-based carrier has begun evaluating its diversity practices.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Just about everything is more expensive these days, and air travel is no exception: in fact, the price of a plane ticket is outpacing other cost increases.

Dallas’ two major airports and their hometown airlines are pre-emptively canceling or delaying thousands of flights through noon Tuesday as a winter storm brought freezing temperatures and drizzle across North Texas.

LOS ANGELES — Thousands of canceled flights. Countless separated bags. Millions of angry passengers.

American Airlines is facing accusations of racial discrimination after removing two Black celebrities from flights during the last week and being sued in federal court by a Black passenger for also being kicked off a flight.

WASHINGTON — New federal manufacturing and clean energy incentives that reward companies for locating in the United States have lit a fire under European companies, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told The Detroit News on Wednesday.

If investors thought doing business in Cuba was tough after the Trump administration reinstated sanctions against the island nation’s Communist regime, a Miami federal judge’s ruling that tags four cruise lines for “trafficking” in confiscated property is giving them even greater pause.

Higher airfares and strong demand for travel pushed American Airlines above pre-pandemic profit levels for the recently finished fourth quarter, the company said Thursday.