American hopes IT switch doesn't snag flights this weekend
American Airlines will make a big technology change this weekend involving planes and pilots, but passengers won't notice a thing if all goes well.
American Airlines will make a big technology change this weekend involving planes and pilots, but passengers won't notice a thing if all goes well.
Other
Sep 30, 2016
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Expedia's online travel sites are introducing tools designed to show the true cost of flying.
Business
Oct 20, 2015
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American Airlines flights to Dallas, Chicago and Miami were briefly stopped on Thursday by a computer problem that prevented passengers from checking in.
Other
Sep 17, 2015
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A spate of recent computer-system breaches has spread into the travel industry, hitting a company that provides technology used for airline and hotel reservations.
Security
Aug 7, 2015
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Airlines are using new software that transmits weather data from planes in the air to analysts on the ground, allowing pilots to avoid turbulence that can injure passengers and damage planes.
Other
Jul 14, 2015
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More than 50 American Airlines flights have been delayed in the past two days by a glitch in navigation-map software loaded on pilots' iPads.
Other
Apr 29, 2015
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Some British Airways frequent flier accounts have been hacked, but the airline says that most personal information is safe.
Security
Mar 28, 2015
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Good news for iPhone owners who fly Southwest Airlines: The carrier this week updated its smartphone app so customers can store mobile boarding passes in the iPhone Passbook, which aggregates tickets, loyalty cards and electronic ...
Business
Feb 19, 2015
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A passenger aboard a plane at Los Angeles International Airport picked up a Wi-Fi hotspot named after a terrorist group, but authorities who held travelers for hours as they investigated say no crime was committed.
Telecom
Oct 27, 2014
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The boundary between the online and physical worlds got blurry last week when Sony's PlayStation Network was disabled by an online attack, while simultaneously an American Airlines passenger jet carrying a Sony executive ...
Security
Sep 4, 2014
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