US Airways
Doug Parker to Step Down as American Airlines Chairman
Doug Parker, the airline executive who built American Airlines into the world’s largest airline through several strategic mergers, is retiring as chairman ending a career in the airline industry that spanned five decades.
Parker joined American in 1986 as a financial analyst and left in 1991 to join Northwest Airlines as part of a team that would track profits on a flight-by-flight basis. He moved to America West airlines in 1995 …
Great Moments in Travel History – February 2023
February is the month of love, as Valentine’s Day falls exactly in the middle of the month. It is also the shortest month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and has 28 days in common years – that is years with 365 days – and 29 days in leap years, such as last year, 2020.
The only month in the calendar to have fewer than 30 days, …
Robert Isom Takes Over the Reins at American Airlines as Doug Parker Steps Down
American Airlines announced on Thursday the retirement of Doug Parker, who as CEO of competitor US Airways, engineered a merger that made the combined entity the world’s largest airline, and the elevation of Robert Isom, who has served as the carrier’s president since 2016, to the position of CEO.
“Over the past 35 years, I’ve seen the airline industry change tremendously. And I’m humbled to have been a part of a …
Great Moments in Travel History – February 2022
February is the shortest month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and has 28 days in common years – that is years with 365 days – and 29 days in leap years, such the year 2020. It is also the month of love, as Valentine’s Day falls exactly in the middle of the month.
The month’s name, February, is a divisive issue when it comes to pronunciation, …
Great Moments in Travel History – December 2021
December, the first month of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere, was the tenth month of the Roman calendar, and derives its name from decem, “ten” in Latin. It is now the 12th and final month of the year, and is associated with multiple holidays including Krampus, Christmas, and Hanukkah as well as New Year’s Eve.
The Anglo-Saxons called both December and January – the entire winter solstice period – “Ġēolamōnaþ,” …
Biden Taps ‘Sully’ Sullenberger for Aviation Ambassadorship
Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III was among the people named by President Joseph Biden as envoys and ambassadors.
Captain Sullenberger is best known for his role as pilot in command of US Airways Flight 1549 which, in 2009, ditched in the Hudson River off Manhattan’s West Side after both engines of the Airbus A320 were disabled by a birdstrike. All 155 people on board survived and the story became the basis for …
Great Moments in Travel History – December 2020
December was the tenth month of the Roman calendar, and derives its name from decem, “ten” in Latin. It is now the 12th and final month of the year, and in the Northern Hemisphere is associated with winter, multiple holidays, and New Year’s Eve. It
The Anglo-Saxons called both December and January – the entire winter solstice period – “Ġēolamōnaþ,” the Yule month. Indeed, many Yuletide customs observed by the historical Germanic …
