US - American Airlines has made an additional US$100m contribution to its employees' defined benefit pension plan on top of the $223m minimum required pension funding obligations for 2006.
Gerard Arpeya, chairman and CEO of AMR Corp, which owns the airline, said the additional contribution reflected the progress made by the firm under its turnaround plan and was a prudent use of its ...
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