American Airlines has lifted its weight limit on wheelchairs. Over the summer, the airline created a rule preventing wheelchairs heavier than 300 or 400 pounds from being loaded onto some of its ...

A blogger who traveled with American Airlines has found the airline’s wheelchair policies confusing and restrictive, but his story has inspired American to take another look at its rules. John Morris, ...

American Airlines has reversed a policy that meant some people who use heavy wheelchairs could no longer fly on certain small regional jets. The recent policy banned wheelchairs weighing more than 300 ...

MIAMI -- American Airlines said it is reviewing a video posted on TikTok that shows a baggage handler releasing a passenger's wheelchair to slide down a jet bridge chute, where it crashed into a metal ...

In the video, workers send a wheelchair speeding down a long ramp before it flips and crashes onto the tarmac. Data from the Department of Transportation shows this happens thousands of times a year.

A paralyzed man was left without his wheelchair when he returned home from his vacation in Hawaii — because American Airlines didn’t load it on the plane, he claimed. Sam Shivers, who is paralyzed ...

The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday it will waive $16.7 million in fines issued to American Airlines under then President Joe Biden in 2024 as part of a settlement over the air carrier's ...

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