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Violation Tracker Industry Summary Page

Industry: airlines
Penalty Total since 2000$3,364,843,580
Number of Records: 3,301
Note: The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
International Airlines Group$580,552,30032
Air France-KLM$442,228,33616
American Airlines$274,385,115833
Southwest Airlines$262,926,874318
United Airlines Holdings$209,890,270562
LATAM Airlines Group$198,914,70817
Lufthansa$170,629,10247
China Airlines$150,332,90012
Singapore Airlines$149,774,4429
All Nippon Airways (ANA)$141,711,0008

Individual Penalty Records:

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CompanyCurrent Parent sort iconPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount
US AirwaysAmerican Airlinesaviation safety violation2012FAA$354,500
US Airways Inc.American Airlinesaviation safety violation2009FAA$5,400,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesaviation safety violation2004FAA$2,500,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesaviation safety violation2002FAA$170,000
American Eagle AirlinesAmerican Airlinesaviation safety violation2002FAA$900,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesaviation safety violation2001FAA$1,000,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesaviation safety violation2000FAA$698,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlineswage and hour violation2021NY-NYCDCWP$220,000
American Airlines, Inc,American Airlinesair pollution violation2019CA-SCAQMD$5,000
Us Airways Inc.American Airlinesair pollution violation2010CA-SCAQMD$23,500
American Airlines Inc.American Airlinesair pollution violation2008CA-SCAQMD$6,250
American Airlines Inc.American Airlinesair pollution violation2008CA-SCAQMD$22,532
American Airlines Inc.American Airlinesair pollution violation2007CA-SCAQMD$14,875
TWA Airlines, LLCAmerican Airlinesair pollution violation2005CA-SCAQMD$8,010,000
American Airlines Inc.American Airlinesair pollution violation2000CA-SCAQMD$122,000
American Airlines, Inc.American Airlineswage and hour violation2022CA-LCO$32,632
American Airlines, Inc.American Airlineswage and hour violation2022CA-LCO$11,475
PIEDMONT AIRLINES INCAmerican Airlinesaviation safety violation2022FAA$20,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesemployment discrimination2022DOJ_RIGHTS$15,671
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesworkplace whistleblower retaliation2023OSHA$6,837
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2019private lawsuit-federal$45,000,000
American Airlines Inc.American Airlinesprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$5,000,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlinesconsumer protection violation2023private lawsuit-federal$7,500,000
US Airways Inc.American Airlinesconsumer protection violation2019private lawsuit-federal$9,850,000
American Airlines, Inc.American Airlinesaviation consumer protection violation2023ACPD$4,100,000
American AirlinesAmerican Airlineswage and hour violation2010MI-LEO$8,248
PIEDMONT AIRLINES INCAmerican Airlinesaviation safety violation2023FAA$50,000
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesair pollution violation2023CA-SCAQMD$11,700
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$5,000
AMERICAN AIRLINES INCAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$5,150
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$19,000
US AIRWAYS, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2001OSHA$6,700
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2003OSHA$6,250
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$16,000
AMERICA WEST AIRLINES, INCORPORATEDAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2003OSHA$5,400
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$5,000
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$6,000
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$6,000
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$14,750
US AIRWAYSAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$7,000
AMERICAN AIRLINES INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2006OSHA$5,200
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$5,000
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$147,250
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$131,000
US AIRWAYS GROUP, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$6,750
AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$5,000
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$9,750
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2008OSHA$7,850
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2009OSHA$12,500
AMERICAN AIRLINES WHEEL AND BRAKE CENTERAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2009OSHA$7,075
AMERICAN AIRLINES TULSA MAINTENANCE BASEAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$20,500
AMERICAN AIRLINES DUCT SHOP 2289American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$5,625
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2009OSHA$5,754
PIEDMONT AIRLINES INCAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$10,165
PIEDMONT AIRLINES INCAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$16,020
AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$5,000
U.S. AIRWAYS INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$15,000
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$7,000
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$5,775
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$7,000
U.S. AIRWAYSAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2012OSHA$11,750
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2012OSHA$7,014
US AIRWAYS GROUP, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2012OSHA$12,250
PIEDMONT AIRLINES, INC. DBA US AIRWAYS EXPRESSAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2015OSHA$5,250
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INCORPORATEDAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2012OSHA$7,947
US AIRWAYS INCORPORATEDAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2012OSHA$5,250
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2013OSHA$10,000
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$11,000
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$7,000
AMERICAN AIRLINES/US AIRWAYSAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$11,000
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$37,845
AMERICAN AIRLINES INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$5,000
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$8,190
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$5,000
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$12,675
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$6,791
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$7,605
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$20,577
AMR CORPORATIONAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2017OSHA$18,750
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2018OSHA$9,423
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2018OSHA$11,000
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2018OSHA$10,347
PIEDMONT AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2019OSHA$6,500
PIEDMONT AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2019OSHA$19,600
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2020OSHA$9,500
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$10,256
AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC., ET ALAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$10,685
AMERICAN AIRLINESAmerican Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2022OSHA$6,216
PIEDMONT AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2023OSHA$15,625
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2023OSHA$5,000
AMERICAN AIRLINES INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2023OSHA$8,929
PIEDMONT AIRLINES, INC.American Airlinesworkplace safety or health violation2023OSHA$15,625
AMERICAN AIRLINES INCAmerican AirlinesPCB violation2002EPA$15,840
U S AIRWAYS, INCAmerican Airlineshazardous waste violation2011EPA$31,736
AMERICAN AIRLINES MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING BASEAmerican Airlineshazardous waste violation2003EPA$38,013
US AIRWAYSAmerican Airlinesair pollution violation2000EPA$95,000
ALLEGIANT AIR LLCAllegiant Airaviation safety violation2011FAA$22,500
ALLEGIANT AIR LLCAllegiant Airaviation safety violation2010FAA$15,000
ALLEGIANT AIR LLCAllegiant Airaviation safety violation2015FAA$175,000
ALLEGIANT AIR LLCAllegiant Airaviation safety violation2008FAA$13,000
ALLEGIANT AIR INCAllegiant Airaviation safety violation2006FAA$8,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.