American Airlines Files for Bankruptcy

Alexander Abad-Santos 472 Views Nov 29, 2011

 

Proving that you can't run away from sagging numbers, American Airlines and its parent company AMR are filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a move all other major U.S. airlines have made in the last decade.

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