The American Airlines team is doing everything we can to support Spirit Airlines customers and team members affected by Spirit’s immediate wind-down of operations. We are in touch with the Administration, including the Department of Transportation, on steps we are taking to help mitigate the impact on the communities Spirit serves and the traveling public. To help customers whose travel may be disrupted, we immediately put rescue fares into place on Spirit routes where American also offers nonstop service. American serves 70 of the 72 airports Spirit presently serves, and 67 of the specific routes Spirit currently operates. We are also reviewing opportunities to add additional capacity — including utilizing larger aircraft and adding flights on critical routes — to support as many affected passengers as possible.

TLC Jet, a leading private aviation charter provider renowned for providing the smartest way to fly private, today announced a partnership with American Airlines. This collaboration integrates American’s award-winning AAdvantage® program, enabling TLC Jet clients who are AAdvantage® members to earn AAdvantage® miles and Loyalty Points when flying private with TLC Jet. Customers who are not yet AAdvantage® members can join for free by visiting American’s website.

Customers on board select American Airlines flights can now enjoy a new way to elevate their inflight dining experience as the airline partners with Smash Kitchen, the fast-growing, better-for-you food brand known for bold flavor and real ingredients.

Ahead of Winter Storm Fern, American Airlines is proactively standing up its operation to support customers and protect the reliability of our network. Teams across the airline are closely tracking the storm’s path and taking deliberate steps to provide customers with added flexibility, including issuing a travel alert and waiving change fees for affected cities. We’re repositioning aircraft, aligning crew resources and reinforcing staffing at key airports while coordinating with our partners to help minimize disruption and set the stage for a fast, safe recovery once conditions improve.

American Airlines is fundamentally changing the way it does business at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), the airline’s largest hub, and the airline’s customers will soon benefit from those changes in a meaningful way. DFW has an outsized impact on the rest of the airline’s operation and on the journeys of the nearly 700,000 customers the airline serves every day across its global network. More customers and more bags travel and connect through DFW every day than any other airport in American’s network — with more than 30% of all daily connecting customers and daily connecting checked bags traveling through the airline’s hometown airport. When DFW runs well, American runs well. That impact demands continued focus and investment, and both are already well underway.

American Airlines continues to enhance the premium customer experience and invest in the Charlotte community with its latest plans to build a Flagship® lounge and expand its Admirals Club® lounge footprint at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT). This investment will significantly increase the lounge space for American customers traveling through CLT and marks the long-awaited arrival of the Flagship® lounge experience at CLT. Additional construction details and timing will be shared at a later date.