Tag: American Airlines

American Airlines names Nathaniel Pieper Chief Commercial Officer

American Airlines Group Inc. today announced that Nathaniel (Nat) Pieper has been named Chief Commercial Officer. Pieper, currently CEO of the oneworld alliance, will assume his new role effective Nov. 3. He will report to American’s CEO Robert Isom. “Nat is a world-class, results-oriented...

American Airlines Cargo delivers Brazilian root ginger

American Airlines Cargo delivers Brazilian root ginger

The 2025 fresh ginger season has successfully concluded, with record tonnes of premium-quality Brazilian ginger arriving via American Airlines Cargo flights at key US entry points in Miami and Los Angeles. The exceptional quality of this season’s crop confirms Brazil’s reputation as a leader i...

Unilode and American Airlines partner on ULD management

Unilode and American Airlines partner on ULD management

Unilode and American Airlines have announced a strategic partnership that will see the companies collaborate on ULD management. From 1 October 2025, Unilode will provide American Airlines with full ULD management services, leveraging its extensive repair network, asset availability from its vast ...

WATCH: The moment American jet engine ingests cargo container

WATCH: The moment American jet engine ingests ULD

CCTV footage has shown the moment a cargo container was ingested by an American Airlines Boeing B787 jet engine at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. The incident occurred while the aircraft was taxiing on Bravo Taxiway towards Terminal 5 at around 4pm local time last Thursday. The America...

My Freighter enter interline partnership with American Airlines

My Freighter Airlines and American Airlines have entered into a new interline partnership, enabling both carriers to expand their cargo networks across North America, Europe, and Central Asia. The agreement, which has been in effect since August 1, was announced on My Freighter Airlines' LinkedIn...

American Airlines awards WFS cargo handling contract in Europe to mark Copenhagen launch

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has extended its partnership with American Airlines in Europe with a new cargo handling contract in Copenhagen to support the launch of the airline’s daily Boeing 787 flights between Denmark and its transatlantic hub in Philadelphia. In Europe, WFS is already han...

American Airlines awards WFS cargo handling contract in Europe to mark Copenhagen launch

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has extended its partnership with American Airlines in Europe with a new cargo handling contract in Copenhagen to support the launch of the airline’s daily Boeing 787 flights between Denmark and its transatlantic hub in Philadelphia. In Europe, WFS is already han...

Maui wildfires: How American is helping

Since wildfires struck Maui, Hawaii, last week, the American Airlines team has been working to ensure the airline’s operation is supporting evacuation and relief efforts. American’s approach has focused on three areas: Providing lift off the island American typically operates four sched...

American Airlines approves Envirotainer Releye RLP and RAP containers

Envirotainer, the specialist in secure cold chain solutions for the shipment of pharmaceuticals, today announced that American Airlines has become the latest global airline to approve the Envirotainer Releye RLP and RAP containers for usage on its fleet of aircraft. This approval enables American...

Cole Brown Joins American Airlines Executive Leadership Council

The Executive Leadership Council (ELC) recently selected Cole Brown, Chief People Officer at American Airlines, to join its 2023 class. The ELC is a global organization comprising more than 800 current and former Black CEOs, corporate board members, senior executives of Fortune 1000 and Global ...

American Airlines Cargo Now Offers Expanded Americas and Caribbean Origins on Webcargo

The American Airlines Cargo network continues to expand on WebCargo, a Freightos company, now with the inclusion of 28 new countries and more than 40 markets across Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada. Following Europe and the U.S., this regional rollout onto WebCargo now includes a significa...

American Airlines Cargo Partners with IBS Software to Fast-Track WebCargo Integration

American Airlines Cargo Partners with IBS Software to Fast-Track WebCargo Integration

American Airlines Cargo has taken another major step forward in the digitalization of its cargo operations by deploying IBS Software’s latest iPartner Customer (iPC) solution to allow seamless, fast integration with leading digital marketplace WebCargo, a Freightos Group company. IBS Softwareâ€...

American Airlines renews for CHAMP’s Traxon cargoHUB service

American Airlines and CHAMP Cargosystems have extended their partnership for access to the largest air cargo community platform, Traxon cargoHUB. The carrier continues to rely on CHAMP’s services for access to its vast global network of freight forwarders.  American Airlines has been usin...

American Airlines offers customers front-door pet delivery service provided by My Pet Cab

American Airlines has made pet travel easier through a new add-on service provided by the animal transportation experts at My Pet Cab, who offer pet owners a safe and seamless home delivery service for their furry friends. Starting September 1, 2021, customers booking travel for their cat or dog...

American Airlines joins White House to distribute COVID-19 vaccine globally

As part of the White House initiative to share at least 80 million U.S. vaccine doses globally this summer, American Airlines moved 1.5 million coronavirus vaccine doses from Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) to La Aurora International Airport (GUA) in Guatemala City on a Boeing 777-200 ...

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