A Sunday storm in the Dallas area has snowballed into more than 200 American Airlines cancellations Monday, one of the busiest travel days of the week. "Bad weather in the Dallas-Fort Worth area yesterday disrupted our normal operations," an American spokesman said. "While the weather is out of our control, we’re sorry for the trouble it’s caused, and we’re doing everything we can to get our customers on their way as soon as possible." As of 8:20 a.m. Monday, Feinstein said American still had a backlog of "about 80" canceled flights as it tries to catch up. According to real-time tracking website FlightAware, American, which has a major hub at DFW, had the most backups of any airline in the world with 228 cancellations and 162 delays as of 10 a.m. EDT. DFW had the most cancellations (213) and delays (112) of any airport in the world. American cancelled 323 flights Sunday, and there were 515 flights canceled at DFW. Mesa Airlines, a regional airline that operates as American Eagle and United Express, and Endeavor Air, a regional carrier that operates Delta flights, each had more than 200 cancellations Sunday, as well. By comparison, on Saturday evening, DFW had 35 canceled flights and 24 on Friday night. American had 53 cancellations on Saturday and 56 on Friday.<br/>
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A US appeals court Monday ruled that American Airlines pilots who flew for a smaller airline before a merger cannot sue American for “colluding” with their union to change their seniority status. A unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that because employers are expected to represent their own interests during collective bargaining, they cannot be accused of failing to serve the interests of unionised workers under the federal Railway Labor Act.<br/>
A woman is suing the airline Emirates, claiming she collapsed after being refused adequate water on a long-haul flight. Lina Di Falco, 54, has told Victoria’s supreme court she suffers constant ankle pain from the injury she sustained on the 2015 flight from Melbourne to Dubai after being refused additional water. Di Falco said she asked repeatedly for water after boarding the 15 March flight but only received one glass with her meal more than an hour after the plane took off. The court was told that when Di Falco started making her way to the bathroom, feeling “really dizzy” and like she was going to vomit, she collapsed and injured her ankle. The Moonee Valley council worker described the pain as between nine and 10 out of 10. She was told her ankle was broken and in need of surgery after returning to Australia. Di Falco is suing Emirates for damages. Meldrum said his client needed to drink “an awful lot of water”, consuming one litre during the day and taking another litre to bed. She had taken water with her to the airport but was not allowed to board the flight with it. The trial continues.<br/>
Malaysia Airlines is seeking approval for a revised turnaround plan aimed at better aligning its business strategy and fleet to address financial and market challenges. The airline submitted its proposed plan to Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the government’s sovereign wealth fund, MAB CEO Izham Ismail said in Seoul. Khazanah became the sole owner of MAB following a government bailout in 2014. The carrier has been following a multiyear turnaround plan since the takeover but has not met targets for a return to profitability. The government has voiced its frustration with the airline’s progress, and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said he is considering a range of options, including refinancing or selling the carrier. Izham and his team began working on the revised plan late last year and held discussions with Khazanah. Izham said he expressed concerns that the airline would have difficulty restoring its financial health “in its current form, in the current market.”<br/>