{"id":2023,"date":"2011-11-29T21:24:51","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T19:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2019-04-12T09:47:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T07:47:48","slug":"american-airlines-near-grounding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=2023","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines near Grounding?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-Post Icon wp-image-2024\" title=\"AA_Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/AA_Logo-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/AA_Logo-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/AA_Logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/AA_Logo-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/AA_Logo.png 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/>Many Airlines have been grounded in the past 10 years. About<br \/>\n200 in total! Today the third largest of them has been hit by<br \/>\ninsolvency today. The American Airlines are well-known all over<br \/>\nthe world, although they mostly operate US-regional flights.<!--more-->Founded in 1934, it&#8217;s unbelievable what&#8217;s happening.<\/p>\n<p>Especially as the airline was for a long time the largest airline worldwide measured by the amount of passengers. However now Delta Airlines is holding first place in this category. It&#8217;s frightening what&#8217;s ongoing! And if economists saythat the US economy is still solid, then they simply lie! It can&#8217;t be that a traditional airline this big goes into insolvency when the US economy would be as stable as it is said to be.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, the planes are still in the air&#8230; but for how long?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/American_Airlines_Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2025\" title=\"American_Airlines_Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/American_Airlines_Logo-640x248.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/American_Airlines_Logo-640x248.png 640w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/American_Airlines_Logo-24x9.png 24w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/American_Airlines_Logo.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following list shows the ten biggest airlines by million transported passengers in 2010:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a4\/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg\/18px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png\" alt=\"United States\" width=\"18\" height=\"9\" \/> Delta Air Lines (111,159)\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20243\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-482x480.png 482w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-768x765.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-500x498.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 24px) 100vw, 24px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a4\/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg\/18px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png\" alt=\"United States\" width=\"18\" height=\"9\" \/> Southwest Airlines (106,228)<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/ba\/Flag_of_Germany.svg\/20px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png\" alt=\"Germany\" width=\"20\" height=\"12\" \/> Lufthansa (91,157)\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20244\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Logo_Star_Alliance_cropped-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Logo_Star_Alliance_cropped-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Logo_Star_Alliance_cropped-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Logo_Star_Alliance_cropped-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 24px) 100vw, 24px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a4\/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg\/18px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png\" alt=\"United States\" width=\"18\" height=\"9\" \/> American Airlines (86,129)\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20245\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-480x480.png 480w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-1440x1440.png 1440w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 24px) 100vw, 24px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/fa\/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg\/18px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png\" alt=\"Republic of China\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" \/> China Southern Airlines (76,078)\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20243\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-482x480.png 482w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-768x765.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-500x498.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 24px) 100vw, 24px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/45\/Flag_of_Ireland.svg\/18px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png\" alt=\"Ireland\" width=\"18\" height=\"9\" \/> Ryanair (66,529)<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a4\/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg\/18px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png\" alt=\"United States\" width=\"18\" height=\"9\" \/> United Airlines (54,015)\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20244\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Logo_Star_Alliance_cropped-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Logo_Star_Alliance_cropped-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Logo_Star_Alliance_cropped-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Logo_Star_Alliance_cropped-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 24px) 100vw, 24px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a4\/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg\/18px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png\" alt=\"United States\" width=\"18\" height=\"9\" \/> US Airways (51,814)\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20245\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-480x480.png 480w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-1440x1440.png 1440w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 24px) 100vw, 24px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/fa\/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg\/18px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png\" alt=\"Republic of China\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" \/> China Eastern Airlines (50,336)\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20243\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-482x480.png 482w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-768x765.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-500x498.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 24px) 100vw, 24px\" \/><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/c\/c3\/Flag_of_France.svg\/18px-Flag_of_France.svg.png\" alt=\"France\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" \/> Air France (47,029)\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20243\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-482x480.png 482w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-768x765.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-500x498.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 24px) 100vw, 24px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>(list from Wikipedia &#8211;\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20245\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-480x480.png 480w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-1440x1440.png 1440w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Oneworld_Logo.svg_.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 24px) 100vw, 24px\" \/> = Oneworld Alliance \/ <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20243\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-482x480.png 482w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-768x765.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_-500x498.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1200px-Skyteam_Logo_001.svg_.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 24px) 100vw, 24px\" \/> = Skyteam \/\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20244\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Logo_Star_Alliance_cropped-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Logo_Star_Alliance_cropped-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Logo_Star_Alliance_cropped-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Logo_Star_Alliance_cropped-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 24px) 100vw, 24px\" \/> = Star Alliance)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Airlines have been grounded in the past 10 years. About 200 in total! Today the third largest of them has been hit by insolvency today. The American Airlines are well-known all over the world, although they mostly operate US-regional flights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,342,3,19],"tags":[1142,239,1145,1143,1144,36],"class_list":["post-2023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-curiosities","category-economyfinance","category-news","category-thoughts-2","tag-airline","tag-economy","tag-finances","tag-grounding","tag-insolvency","tag-usa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}