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FORT WORTH, Texas, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines AAdvantage® members can now book award travel via AA.com on British Airways, a oneworld® alliance member and joint business partner, and on Hawaiian Airlines, an AAdvantage participating airline. These expanded options offer customers a more convenient way to book one-way, round-trip and multi-city award travel on one or a combination of participating airlines on AA.com. This enhancement to the AAdvantage flight...

HARMONDSWORTH, England, April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- British Airways has launched a new service to Algiers from London Gatwick, which will commence from the start of the summer schedule. Flights to Algiers will move from Heathrow to Gatwick with seven flights a week. Algeria's capital city, Algiers mixes past with present with 17th-century mosques and Ottoman-style palaces in the hilltop Kasbah city with a Mediterranean harbour. British Airways offer hotels in the...

TEMPE, Ariz., April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- US Airways (NYSE: LCC) today was recognized by Aviation Week and Overhaul & Maintenance magazine for technical excellence during the publication's annual aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) awards held in Dallas. This prestigious industry award is given to the world's top MRO and maintenance-related companies that demonstrate outstanding achievement and innovation in the area of technical operations. (Logo:...

HARMONDSWORTH, England, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- British Airways is expanding its aircraft fleet and route network at London City Airport where it is now officially the largest operator with the highest number of routes and customers. The airline is to take delivery of another Embraer 190 in the late summer, bringing the total fleet size to 14 aircraft. It will be used for new year-round flights to Venice and to increase frequency to the key business...

CRAWLEY, England, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- British Airways has launched a new service to the city of Nice in the south of France from London Gatwick. The airline will fly to Nice three times a day and will boost its summer sun network. This is in addition to the seven daily flights from Heathrow and once a day service from London City airport. Richard Tams, head of UK & Ireland sales and marketing, said: "We're very pleased to be able to offer this extra...

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines and two of its fellow oneworld® alliance members, British Airways and Iberia, are offering special discounted fares between the United States and Europe for as low as $289 each way, based on round-trip Economy Class travel purchased on AA.com. Taxes and fees are included. Travel must originate in the U.S. Book now, as tickets for these special fares are limited and must be purchased by April 10. There is an...

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines and British Airways have received approval from the Indian government to place the AA* code on British Airways flights from London to the following Indian cities: Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai. The new codeshare flights are scheduled to go on sale today with the first travel date starting March 29. This new codeshare agreement provides American customers more convenient choices and greater...

TEMPE, Ariz., March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, US Airways' (NYSE: LCC) employees will receive profit sharing checks recognizing their contribution to the Company's full year profit. US Airways reported a $111 million profit for 2011. Today's payout to eligible employees totals more than $12 million. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120103/LA28814LOGO) In addition to today's profit sharing payouts, employees earned more than $13 million in...

CRAWLEY, England, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- British Airways debuted the upcoming four class cabin experience on the route from London Heathrow to Moscow. From March 25, British Airways will be the first airline to offer customers First class travel between London and Moscow, as well as Club World, World Traveller Plus and World Traveller onboard a daily Boeing 747 service. Richard Tams, head of UK and Ireland sales and marketing, said: "Customers in all cabins,...

CRAWLEY, England, March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- British Airways has made it even easier to find the perfect holiday with the launch of a new 'Holiday Finder' tool on ba.com. Andrew Crawley, commercial director, British Airways said: "We have been developing ways to make choosing the right holiday even easier, so we are excited to launch the new 'Holiday Finder [http://www.britishairways.com/travel/holiday-finder/public/en_gb ]' on ba.com. Now customers can be inspired...