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American Airlines Receives Single Operating Certificate From FAA

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thinkstock americanairlines ?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1428708660058vandervliet93/iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(FORT WORTH, Texas) — American Airlines received a single operating certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday for American and US Airways, marking a major milestone in the integration of the two airlines.

The FAA’s approval for both airlines to operate under one certificate marks more than 18 months of work aligning the carriers’ operating policies and procedures.

Starting on Wednesday, most flight operations, maintenance and dispatch procedures will be identical for all flights.

“Achieving a single operating certificate is an important step toward becoming a fully integrated airline and the effort to reach today’s milestone touched nearly every area of our company,” said Robert Isom, American’s Chief Operating Officer in a statement.

The FAA’s recognition of American as a single operator does not mean change for customers, who will continue to check in for their flights on aa.com, usairways.com, or at American or US Airways ticket counters until later this year, when American moves to a single reservations system.


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