American Airlines Group said Thursday it would offer its customers a mobile app from Nov. 18 to show COVID-19 testing and documentation requirements for their destination. The app, VeriFLY, by software firm Daon, allows real-time verification of COVID-19 related credentials, such as diagnostic lab test results, and aims to streamline the check-in and verification process at the airport. “Piloting this new solution is a direct response to our customers’ increasing desire to explore more international travel opportunities,” President Robert Isom said.<br/>
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American Airlines expects to defer up to 18 Boeing 737 Max deliveries in the coming years but still anticipates acquiring 18 new Max from Boeing this year. The company is also deferring delivery of some Airbus A321s, American president Robert Isom says on 12 November. American currently has 24 737 Max in its fleet – all in storage due to the type’s grounding. Additionally, Boeing has in its inventory another 16 737 Max that it produced for American but, due to the grounding, has not yet delivered, says American. American intends to take delivery of those aircraft, plus another two it has on order, starting when the Federal Aviation Administration lifts the type’s grounding. Boeing predicts that will happen before year end. “Those 18 aircraft – we want them to come in,” Isom says, speaking during a transportation conference hosted by financial services company Baird. American reached a settlement with Boeing related to the delayed delivery of those jets, he adds.<br/>
A Marquette Park woman told authorities she evaded security checkpoints at O’Hare International Airport and boarded an American Airlines flight for Los Angeles so she could see rapper and music mogul Jay-Z, Cook County prosecutors told a judge on Monday. Someone spotted Yaazmina Payton ducking under a set of ropes at the boarding door near the ticket gate at Terminal 3 around 7:45 a.m. Sunday and alerted a ticket agent, prosecutors said during a bail hearing broadcast on YouTube. Payton, 23, was taken into custody after being unable to produce a ticket or boarding pass and was later charged with felony criminal trespass. Following her arrest, authorities said Payton offered to show them how she bypassed security, freely admitting she pushed past a gate into a secure area by evading detection while Transportation Security Administration officers were distracted. Payton also admitted passing another security checkpoint and said she was trying to go to LA to see the Grammy Award-winning rapper, Assistant State’s Attorney Jocelyn Schieve told the court. Judge John F. Lyke Jr. ordered Payton released on $500 bail but approved a prosecution order barring her from the airport.<br/>