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News Archives - September 2006 |
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Welcome to the American Airlines web pages for travel agents.
This is the AA News page for the month of September 2006.
Please use the links below to navigate to the topic of your choice,
and the links on the right to return to the Homepage, or to navigate to other areas of the website.
Thank you for your continued support.
September 2006
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01 September: Storm Policy
For information on American Airline's policy during weather related
(or other) events, please click on
Storm Policy. This page contains instructions
on what travel agents may do in the event of Storms or other travel disruptions.
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01 September: AAdvantage® Promotions
For up-to-date information on all new and current Promotions being
offered by American Airlines AAdvantage® programme (e.g. Bonus
miles or double Miles promotions), please go to our
website: www.aa.com* and check the "Offers" section.
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01 September: IET With Gulf Air (GF)
Effective 24 August 2006 American Airlines launched an interline electronic ticketing agreement with
Gulf Air (GF). All eligible flights operated by GF include the /E indicator and
VCRs issued by GF begin with 072.
Please see the E-Ticketing page for more details.
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01 September: In-flight Entertainment
Click on Movies to discover
AA's selections of inflights movies in September.
Thank you.
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01 September: IET With Royal Air Jordanian
Effective 28 August 2006 American Airlines launched an interline electronic ticketing agreement with
Royal Air Jordanian (RJ). All eligible flights operated by RJ include the /E indicator and
VCRs issued by RJ begin with 512.
Please see the E-Ticketing page for more details.
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01 September: New-look oneworld.com Launched as More of a Sales Tool
A new-style website for oneworld was launched on 23 August 2006 - with the aim of making the facility more of a sales
tool for the alliance and its member airlines.
With a complete redesign to give it a fresh look, more user-friendly format and
easier to follow navigation, the upgraded www.oneworld.com* makes it easier for visitors to check flight schedules across the
alliance's unrivalled global network and see where its member airlines fly.
Among its key new features are:
- An interactive network map, showing every one of the destinations its member airlines serve and the
routes they fly from each of those airports.
- An ability to check, direct from the site's home page, schedules for its member airlines, affiliates and
code-share partners, with more direct links to their own websites for customers who want to book flights on-line.
- Specific sites, in local languages, tailored to key countries including Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands
and Switzerland, including pages dedicated to travel agents in each of these countries.
- More detailed information on the alliance's unrivalled range of fares, including downloadable brochures in
a choice of nine languages, maps showing sample itineraries and an interactive tool to help plan round-the-world journeys.
- Extensive links to the appropriate pages of its member airlines' own websites for customers who want more information about
them or ask questions about them or the alliance.
Popular features have been retained and improved, such as:
- Timetables covering flights offered by all its member airlines, downloadable in formats for PCs, PDAs or in PDF, and including an interactive tool for helping plan journeys using the alliance's round-the-world fares.
- Details of oneworld's services and benefits for frequent flyers.
- Guides to key alliance hub airports and cities
- The alliance's on-line pressroom, including latest news, background information and downloadable logos and pictures.
oneworld Vice-President Commercial Nicolas Ferri said: "Our overall objective in
relaunching oneworld.com is to make it more of a sales tool rather than simply providing basic information about the alliance.
"So we've made it easier for visitors to find key features like the alliance flight timetable, with improved links
to airline sites where they can make flight bookings and added new elements we know will be immensely popular and support
our sales efforts, like our new interactive network map."
The new site was developed for the alliance by the team at the alliance's central management office with representatives
from member airlines, led by oneworld's Business Manager Commercial Petra Mayer, Brand Manager Fiona Munn and Manager
IT Operations Anna Chmielewski. Overall responsibility for the project lies with the oneworld Marketing Steering Group,
composed of senior marketing representatives from all member carriers.
A press release highlighting the improvements to oneworld.com will be issued in a few days' time, to allow the new site to bed down first.
Check the new-style site yourself at www.oneworld.com*.
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11 September: Readers name AA top airline for Latin America
For the tenth consecutive year, readers of LatinFinance have voted American Airlines the best overall airline.
In addition, American was voted best airline between the United States and Latin America/Caribbean. American's economy
class was named best in the region. The AAdvantage® program was also named the best frequent flyer program. Peter Dolara,
Senior Vice President Miami, Caribbean and Latin America, said American was "proud of the service" it provides to Latin
America and the Caribbean. "To consistently receive these top honors shows that our continuing efforts to exceed expectation
s are working," he said. LatinFinance readers selected American as the best airline in Latin America/Caribbean due to its
extensive route system within the region, with more than 200 daily flights. "The Travel Poll" began in 1996, and since its
inception, American has taken top honors.
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11 September: New Requirements for Advance Passenger Information
On September 18, AA will implement system enhancements that will support the collection of additional passenger information,
as required by United States Customs and Border Protection and defined by the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS),
for inbound US flights.
Under the APIS guidelines, passengers are required to provide Country of Residence. Additionally, visitors to the US must provide a
US Visiting Address while in the country.
To facilitate the collection of the required information, all agencies are asked to input a passenger's Country of
Residence into the PNR using the industry-defined SSR DOCA formats.
International agencies, including Canadian outlets, should also input the US Visiting Address for non-resident passengers
arriving on flights into the US. All visitors to the US are required to provide a full address
(street name and number, city, state and zip code) for their first night's accommodation in the US.
In order to expedite your customers' airport check-in process, it is advisable to include the expanded
passenger information outlined above at time of booking or ticketing.
For specific SSR DOCA format information, please refer to your GDS resources.
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11 September: IET With Air New Zealand
Effective 07 September 2006 American Airlines launched an interline electronic ticketing agreement with Air New Zealand (NZ).
All eligible flights operated by NZ include the /E indicator.
VCRs issued by NZ begin with 116.
Please see the E-Ticketing page for more details.
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11 September: American Eagle Will Increase Flights In The Caribbean
FORT WORTH, Texas - American Eagle, the regional affiliate of American Airlines, a founding member of the
global oneworld Alliance, announced today that it will increase its number of flights to
Caribbean destinations beginning in December.
The airline will offer additional flights from its San Juan hub to Antigua, Dominica, Anguilla, St. Thomas and St.
Croix, using the ATR72 turbo-prop aircraft with capacity for 64 passengers.
"The additional flights are part of our continuous efforts to solidify American Eagle as the premier airline in the Caribbean,"
said Peter Bowler, President of American Eagle. "These increased flights strengthen our San Juan hub and provide passengers
with increased choices to reach some of the area's most popular and scenic destinations."
American Eagle's new service is as follows:
- Three additional daily round trips between San Juan and St. Thomas, beginning Dec. 14
- One additional daily round trip between San Juan and St. Croix, beginning Dec. 14
- One additional daily round trip between San Juan and Antigua, beginning Dec. 14
- One additional round trip between San Juan and Anguilla, four days a week, beginning Dec. 14
- One additional round trip between San Juan and Dominica, three days a week, beginning Nov. 16 through Dec. 1, and again from Dec. 14 to Jan. 31.
Please view www.aa.com* for more information.
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