American Airlines

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — An industry observer says the American Airlines bankruptcy proceedings should not disrupt winter service to Jackson Hole. Mike Gierau (JEE’-uh-roo) of Jackson Hole Air Improvement Resources says he doesn’t think the bankruptcy filing will effect service in the long term either.

A Department of Transportation rule implemented in April 2010 prohibits airlines from keeping passengers sitting on a tarmac for more than three hours — a rule it says an American Airlines affiliate has since violated so frequently that it’s now been slapped with a $900,000 fine, the first such fine handed down since the edict took effect.

For about a decade, airlines and academics have tried to figure out the fastest way to load passengers onto a plane. The less time spent on boarding, the more revenue-generating flights airlines can squeeze into a day. In fact, according to a 2008 study in the Journal of Transport Management, every minute cut on boarding can save $30 per flight. Now American Airlines is trying out a new boarding m

The following is an update of American Airlines flight 2253 in Jackson Hole Wyoming.

On Wednesday, an American Airlines jet passed the end of Jackson Hole's only runway. Nobody on board was injured and the plane was not damaged. Spokesman for the Airlines Ed Martelle said Flight 2253 which was coming from Chicago "had a long rollout" on its landing at 11:37 a...